Vienna Waltzes (film)

Vienna Waltzes
Directed by	Emil E. Reinert
Written by	Jacques Companéez Hans Gustl Kernmayr Emil E. Reinert Benno Vigny
Produced by	Karl Ehrlich
Starring	Marte Harell Anton Walbrook Lilly Stepanek
Cinematography	Günther Anders Hannes Staudinger
Edited by	Henny Brünsch
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Cordial-Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih (W.Germany)
Release date	17 June 1951
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Vienna Waltzes (German: Wiener Walzer) is a 1951 Austrian historical musical drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Marte Harell, Anton Walbrook and Lilly Stepanek. It is also known by the alternative title of Vienna Dances.

It portrays the life of the composer Johann Strauss. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Niedermoser.

Cast

• Marte Harell as Millie Trampusch
• Anton Walbrook as Johann Strauss Senior
• Lilly Stepanek as Anna Strauss
• Fritz Imhoff as Oberstrasser
• Lotte Lang as Frau Riesner
• Eva Leiter as Resi
• Karl Kalwoda as Amon
• Richard Eybner as Haslinger
• Erik Frey as Fürst Metternich
• Milan von Kamare
• Viktor Braun as Sedlnitzky, Polizeipräsident
• Franz Böheim as Sein Adjutant
• Oskar Wegrostek as Wirt des Konzertlokales 'Zu den zwei Täubchen'
• Ludwig Blaha as Wirt des Gasthauses 'Sperl'
• Heinrich Ortmayer as Italienischer Manager
• Peter Czejke
• Friedl Czepa
• Hugo Gottschlich
• Leopold Rudolf
• Albert Truby

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Vienna Waltzes at IMDb