Cinema
Visul lui Tănase
Constantin Tănase · 1932
Synopsis
Tănase, star of the Bucharest revue, is asked to come and make a film in Berlin for an enormous fee. According to Adevărul, he leaves by train from the Gara de Nord, and the journey piles up comic mishaps; on arriving at the studio, he ends up directing the shoot himself. In this imaginary Berlin, according to Playtech and Leviathan, the guest actor becomes an international star adored by the public, and the film strings its adventures together like a succession of revue numbers.
Context
A Romanian-German co-production, partly financed by Tănase himself, the film had its exteriors shot in Bucharest and its interiors at the Tobis-Melofilm studios in Berlin; the actors were Romanian, the technicians German. It is considered the first sound film made by a Romanian. The premiere took place on 11 April 1932 at the Regal cinema in Bucharest, and the tour that followed had the star converse, on stage, with his own image. Veronica Turcuș gives the German Bernd Aldor as co-director; Playtech and Leviathan name Nicolae Kirițescu. According to Adevărul, only sequences of it survive.
Who it is for
A medium-length sound comedy, known through fragments preserved in Romania; its comedy comes from the revue.
Prizes and reception
According to Playtech, a success followed by an impressive national tour, and the most important film of Tănase's career.
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