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Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
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7 April 1935 (USA)
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The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. full summary | add synopsis
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Nice, but not very Hitchcockian...
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(Complete credited cast) | Esmond Knight | ... | Johann Strauss, the Younger |
| Jessie Matthews | ... | Rasi |
| Edmund Gwenn | ... | Johann Strauss, the Elder |
| Fay Compton | ... | Countess Helga von Stahl |
| Frank Vosper | ... | Prince Gustav |
| Robert Hale | ... | Ebezeder |
| Marcus Barron | ... | Drexter |
| Charles Heslop | ... | Valet |
| Betty Huntley-Wright | ... | Lady's Maid |
| Hindle Edgar | ... | Leopold (as Hindle Marriott Edgar) |
| Sybil Grove | ... | Mme. Fouchett |
| Billy Shine Jr. | ... | Carl (as Bill Shine) |
| Bertram Dench | ... | Engine driver |
| B.M. Lewis | ... | Domeyer |
| Cyril Smith | ... | Secretary |
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Strauss' Great Waltz (USA)
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81 min | USA:80 min
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In his interview with François Truffaut in 1964 and in many other interviews, Alfred Hitchcock referred to this film as "the lowest ebb of my career".
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Version of The Great Waltz (1955) (TV)
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Waltz 'Morning Papers' Op.279
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In 1933 Hitchcock found himself without a picture to direct and signed on for this unlikely choice of a musical just so he could keep working. That being the case, it probably helps explain why it doesn't seem to have a Hitchcock feel to it or any of the elements you might otherwise expect from the master of suspense. I don't think his heart was really in it. The term musical is a little loosely used as really there are only the Strauss's waltzes for music as there was no money in the budget for any other music. So no one breaks out into song for no reason in this picture. Other than the fact it doesn't seem like a Hitchcock movie, it's a nice little story about the younger Strauss struggling for the respect of his father with a nice bit of romance and jealousy thrown in on the side. The most amusing scene for me was when the younger Strauss was coming up with the music for his waltz at the bakery. I also enjoyed the opening scene of the fire brigade racing to a fire and the "rescue" of the damsel. Apparently there wasn't much of a budget for special effects, because we never actually see the fire. A pleasant enough film, just not very Hitchcockian.
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