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Director:
Writers:
Claude Allain (dialogue: French adaptation)
Guy Bolton (play)
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Release Date:
7 April 1935 (USA) more
Plot:
The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. full summary | add synopsis
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Nice, but not very Hitchcockian... more (6 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Strauss' Great Waltz (USA)
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Runtime:
81 min | USA:80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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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". more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Great Waltz (1955) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Waltz 'Morning Papers' Op.279 more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Nice, but not very Hitchcockian..., 16 March 2003
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Author: Andrew Nixon (movies@andrewnixon.com) from Santa Barbara, CA

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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