Ich küsse ihre Hand, Madame
"Megcsókolom kezét Madame" - Gábor József sings the hungarian version of the tango from the 1929 movie "Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame".
Music by Ralph Erwin
Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame is a 1929 German drama starring Marlene Dietrich, Harry Liedtke and hungarian actor Charles Puffy. It was released in the United States as I Kiss Your Hand, Madame in 1932. It was produced by Super-Film.
Charles Puffy (3 November 1884 -- 1942 or 1943) born Károly Hochstadt in Budapest, was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 134 films between 1914 and 1938. "Pufi" (meaning "Fatty" in Hungarian, referring to his weight). His other stage names were "Károly Huszár" or "Pufi Huszár". Besides his work on films, he frequently appeared on stage, mostly in comical roles.
Later, he worked in films in both Germany and the United States, including such classics as Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler) (1922) and Josef von Sternberg's Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) (1930). He used the names "Karl Huszar", "Karl Huszar-Puffy" or "Charles Puffy". In the sound era, he returned to his native Hungary, where he was featured in smaller roles in a number of films.
During the war he and his wife tried to get away to the United States, but Puffy died mid-way, in Tokyo, Japan. Other sources say that he and his wife were captured by the Red Army and imprisoned in a Gulag in Karaganda, Kazahstan.
Original german version sung by Richard Tauber • Video , Lyrics by Fernand Rouvray.
Sung in the French version originally by Fred Pizella.
French lyrics by André Mauprey, Léo Lelièvre & Henri Varna
Photo credit: Fortepan