Strauss Is Playing Today
| Strauss Is Playing Today | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Conrad Wiene |
| Written by | Robert Wiene |
| Produced by | Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo |
| Starring | Alfred Abel Hermine Sterler Imre Ráday Antonie Jaeckel |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Music by | Bernard Homola |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Fox |
Release date | 26 October 1928 |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
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 - Johann Strauss Vater
- Hermine Sterler - Anna, seine Frau
- Imre Ráday - Johann Strauss Sohn
- Antonie Jaeckel - Frau Deisinger
- Willy Schmieder - Deisinger
- Lilian Ellis - Liesl
- Ferdinand Bonn - Drechsler
- Trude Hesterberg - Trampusch
- Jakob Tiedtke - Wieß
- Paul Hörbiger - Lamperlhirsch
- Eugen Neufeld - Großfürst
- John Mylong - 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
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Categories:
- 1928 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German drama films
- German historical films
- 1920s historical films
- 1920s 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
- 1920s German film stubs
- Historical film stubs