Strauss Is Playing Today
Appearance
Strauss Is Playing Today | |
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Directed by | Conrad Wiene |
Written by | Robert Wiene |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Franz Planer |
Music by | Bernard Homola |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Deutsche Fox |
Release date | 26 October 1928 |
Country | Germany |
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Strauss Is Playing Today (German: Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.[1] It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.
Cast
- Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss Vater
- Hermine Sterler as Anna, seine Frau
- Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss Sohn
- Antonie Jaeckel as Frau Deisinger
- Willy Schmieder as Deisinger
- Lilian Ellis as Liesl
- Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler
- Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch
- Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß
- Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch
- Eugen Neufeld as Großfürst
- John Mylong as Mödlinger
See also
- A Waltz by Strauss (1931)
References
- ^ Jung & Schatzberg p. 219
Bibliography
- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
External links
Categories:
- 1928 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German historical drama films
- 1920s historical drama films
- Biographical films about musicians
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films about composers
- Films directed by Conrad Wiene
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films shot in Berlin
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- German black-and-white films
- Cultural depictions of Johann Strauss I
- Cultural depictions of Johann Strauss II
- 1928 drama films
- 1920s German film stubs
- Historical film stubs