Zoo in Budapest
Defenseless in a Den of Beasts Finding love...with a girl so gentle, so sweet, that he protects her at the risk of his life.
1933 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Rowland V. Lee |
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| Writer: | Melville Baker, Jack Kirkland, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee, Louise Long |
| Staring: |
| Zani is an unusual young man who has spent his entire life in a zoo in Budapest. His only true friends are the zoo's animals. When Zani meets Eve, a young orphan girl, they fall in love. To be together Eve must somehow escape from her strict orphan school. When she does she and Zani must hide overnight in the zoo - where everyone is looking to find them. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 28, 1933 |
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| Director: | Rowland V. Lee |
| Writer: | Melville Baker, Jack Kirkland, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee, Louise Long |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | budapest, hungary, zoo, orphan, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Fox Film Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Loretta Young | Eve |
| Gene Raymond | Zani |
| O. P. Heggie | Dr. Grunbaum |
| Wally Albright | Paul Vandor |
| Paul Fix | Heinie |
| Murray Kinnell | Garbosh |
| Ruth Warren | Katrina |
| Roy Stewart | Karl |
| Frances Rich | Elsie |
| Niles Welch | Mr. Vandor |
| Lucille Ward | Miss Murst |
| Dorothy Libaire | Rosita |
| Russ Powell | Toski |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Doctor Attending Chimpanzee (uncredited) |
| James P. Burtis | Kretz (uncredited) |
| Elspeth Dudgeon | Woman Whose Skunk Was Stolen (uncredited) |
| Margaret Hamilton | Assistant Matron for Orphans (uncredited) |
| Catherine Hayes | Woman (uncredited) |
| Perry Ivins | Ferenc (uncredited) |
| Ruth Marion | Freda (uncredited) |
| Helen McAllister | Little Girl (uncredited) |
| Doro Merande | Miss Fennock (uncredited) |
| Gene O'Brien | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Claude Payton | Captain of Police (uncredited) |
| Rada Rae | Emma Kummer (uncredited) |
| Tom Ricketts | Gus - Lamplighter (uncredited) |
| Nick Thompson | Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| Josephine Whittell | Felicia - Woman Whose Fur Was Stolen (uncredited) |
| Jane Withers | Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Melville Baker | Writer |
| Jack Kirkland | Writer |
| Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Dan Totheroh | Screenplay |
| William S. Darling | Art Direction |
| Harold D. Schuster | Editor |
| Elmer Fryer | Still Photographer |
| Rowland V. Lee | Director, Screenplay |
| Louise Long | Screenplay |
| Peter Brunelli | Original Music Composer |
| Louis De Francesco | Original Music Composer |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Original Music Composer |
| J.S. Zamecnik | Original Music Composer |
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