General information

Call No.:

320-1-4:27/1

Part of series

HU OSA 320-1-4 Photographs and Home Movie Collection of Privát Fotó és Film Alapivány: Films: Péter Forgács Art Documentaries

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #27 / No. 1

Original Title

Miss Universe 1929 - Lisl Goldarbeiter - A szépség útja

Date of production

2006

Date

2006

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, Hungarian

Duration

1 hour 10 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

Lisl Goldarbeiter's cousin, amateur filmmaker Marci Tenczer came from Szeged. He studied in Vienna, where he saved even his money for the tram to buy a camera and film and to pursue from time to time his passion for making films. It is through him that this bittersweet twentieth-century Austro-Hungarian life and family story unfolds. Lisl, who grew up in Vienna in modest circumstances, won the title of Miss Austria in 1929 at the Austrian beauty contest and finished second at the Miss Europe beauty contest in Paris. That year the beauty queens of the world set sail to the United States to compete against the American beauties in Texas. This is where Lisl was voted the first Miss Universe by a unanimous decision of the jury. Lisl, now suddenly world famous, received various invitations and an offer from Hollywood, and her company was sought after by many celebrities. She traveled extensively and, having rejected numerous suitors, finally married Fritz Spielmann, heir to a silk necktie fortune in Vienna. Marci Tenczer faithfully recorded it all and got off with much more than just a film.

Context

Associated Names

Forgács, Péter (Director)