The Great Waltz (1938)

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Gottfried Reinhardt (story)
Samuel Hoffenstein (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 November 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Your beating heart,your pounding pulse will tell you it's the most exciting musical love story ever told!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Infidelity | Self Sacrifice | Party | Bank Clerk | Nobility

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Luise Rainer	...	Poldi Vogelhuber
Fernand Gravey	...	Johann 'Schani' Strauss II (as Fernand Gravet)
Miliza Korjus	...	Carla Donner
Hugh Herbert	...	Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
Lionel Atwill	...	Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried
Curt Bois	...	Kienzl
Leonid Kinskey	...	Dudelman
Al Shean	...	Cellist
Minna Gombell	...	Mrs. Hofbauer
George Houston	...	Fritz Schiller
Bert Roach	...	Vogelhuber
Greta Meyer	...	Mrs. Vogelhuber
Herman Bing	...	Otto Dommayer
Alma Kruger	...	Mrs. Strauss
Henry Hull	...	Emperor Franz Josef

Also Known As:

The Life of Johann Strauss (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

104 min | West Germany:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4613)

Filming Locations:

Chino, California, USA

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

Toscha Seidel, the Russian virtuoso violinist, was hired especially to dub the solos on the soundtrack for Johann Strauß (Fernand Gravey) and began a new career working as a concert master at MGM and other studios.

Quotes:

Johann 'Schani' Strauss II: I don't care who sings this! Vienna will sing this!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Dallas: The Great Texas Waltz (#12.24)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

I'm in Love with Vienna

My opinion about the movie The Great Waltz.

I own a VHS copy of The Great Waltz. I have seen this movie I don't know how many times! I was very young when I saw the movie for the first time, and it made a great impact on me and ever since then, I feel the urge to look and hear the magnificent singer and actress that, in my opinion takes the first place in this movie: MILIZA KORJUS. I have managed to collect ALL her recordings, I think., but I never saw the movie as a political issue or as they say here, as anti Nazi film! Nothing of the sort! To me it's a delightful movie and a great vehicle for the display of the many talents of Miliza Korjus and also for the rest of the cast and the romanticism involved in the whole movie.