de voortrekkers was the first sound film in afrikaans.
de voortrekkers was the first sound film in afrikaans.
what was the first sound film in afrikaans?
de voortrekkers
after the success of india's first sound film "alam ara" (1931), its director ardeshir irani wanted to venture into south indian cinema. in the same year, he chose h. m. reddy, his former assistant, to direct the first south indian sound film, which would later become the tamil film "kalidas", based on the life of the sanskrit poet and playwright kālidāsa. irani produced the film under imperial movi-tone. p. g. venkatesan was chosen to play the title role. l. v. prasad—who later founded prasad studios—appeared in a comic role as a temple priest. theatre artiste t. p. rajalakshmi was chosen to play the female protagonist; according to film historian randor guy, she was the "automatic choice to play the heroine." before this, rajalakshmi had acted in many silent films, and "kalidas" was her first sound film. supporting roles were played by thevaram rajambal, t. susheela devi, j. sushila, and m. s. santhanalakshmi. the sound was recorded by german technicians using german-made equipment. "kalidas" was shot in bombay (now mumbai) on the sets of "alam ara"; it was completed in eight days, using either or of film, as sources differ. film historian film news anandan stated that "kalidas" "was produced in a hurry, and was technically flawed."
kalidas (film)
enthusiasm: the symphony of donbass [russian: энтузиазм: симфония донбасса or entuziazm: simfoniya donbassa], also referred to as "enthusiasm", "donbass symphony", or "the symphony of the donbas basin". "enthusiasm" is a 1930 soviet sound film, directed by dziga vertov. although "enthusiasm" is not one of vertov's more popular films, such as man with a movie camera, the film was the director's first sound film and also the first sound film of the soviet production company ukrainfilm. the film is also notable for the fact that it is a documentary filmed on location. like many of his other films, vertov worked on "enthusiasm" with his wife elizaveta svilova.
enthusiasm (film)