Ave Caesar!
1919 film by Alexander Korda
Ave Caesar! is a 1919 Hungarian drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Oscar Beregi Sr., María Corda and Gábor Rajnay. A debauched Habsburg Prince sends out one of his aides-de-camp to bring him back a gypsy girl. The film was considered as an attack on the aristocracy. It was made by Korda for the state-owned film industry during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Once the regime fell later that year, Korda was arrested and eventually compelled to leave Hungary as part of the White Terror.
Cast
Gábor Rajnay
María Corda
Oscar Beregi, Sr.
References
Bibliography
Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.
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