The Great Waltz (film)

The Great Waltz
Directed by	Julien Duvivier Victor Fleming (uncredited) Josef von Sternberg (uncredited)
Produced by	Bernard H. Hyman
Written by	Gottfried Reinhardt (story) Samuel Hoffenstein Walter Reisch Vicky Baum (story, uncredited)
Starring	Fernand Gravet Luise Rainer Miliza Korjus
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	November 4, 1938 (1938-11-04)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Great Waltz is a 1938 American biographical film based very loosely on the life of Johann Strauss II. It starred Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet (Gravey) and Miliza Korjus. Rainer received top billing at the producer's insistence, but her role is comparatively minor as Strauss' wife, Poldi Volgelhuber. It was the only starring role for Korjus, who was a famous opera soprano and played one in the film.

Joseph Ruttenberg won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Korjus was nominated for Supporting Actress and Tom Held for Film Editing. The film was popular in Australia and was distributed largely throughout Sydney and Melbourne for two years after its initial release.

Re-make

Main article: The Great Waltz (1972 film)

The film was re-made in 1972 with Horst Buchholz playing Strauss alongside Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell.

External links

• The Great Waltz at the TCM Movie Database
• The Great Waltz at the Internet Movie Database
• The Great Waltz at AllRovi
• 1972 remake: The Great Waltz at the Internet Movie Database