--- title: 'Liliom (1930)' type: 'film' director: 'Frank Borzage' released: '1930-01-01' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/liliom-1930' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021074/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Liliom (1930) 1930 · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Liliom is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, Lee Tracy and Walter Abel. It was an adaptation of the 1909 play of the same name, serving as the first sound version of the film and the first of two sound adaptations of the play in the 1930s, with a 1934 adaptation being directed by Fritz Lang. The film was released on October 5, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation, who also handled the 1934 film. Alongside Just Imagine, also released by Fox, this was one of the first films to employ rear projection, which is done during a train sequence. ## Credits - **Director:** [Frank Borzage](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-borzage) - **Screenplay:** [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien), [S. N. Behrman](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-n-behrman) ## Cast - [Charles Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-farrell-2) - [Anne Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-shirley) - [Rose Hobart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-hobart) - [Guinn "Big Boy" Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/guinn-big-boy-williams) - [H. B. Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-b-warner) - [Estelle Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-taylor) - [Lee Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-tracy) - [Walter Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-abel) - [Bert Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-roach) - [James A. Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-a-marcus) - [Mildred Van Dorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-van-dorn) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/liliom-1930 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3240856); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.