Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Written by Starring Alfred Hitchcock Claude Allain Esmond Knight Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn Fay Compton Frank Vosper March1934

Release date(s) Running time Country Language

80 min. United Kingdom English

Waltzes from Vienna (1934) is a British musical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, also known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the cycle of Operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s.

Production background
The film tells the story of the writing and performance of The Blue Danube. According to Hitchcock: Waltzes from Vienna gave me many opportunities for working out ideas in the relation of film and music. Naturally every cut in the film was worked out on the script before shooting began. But more than that, the musical cuts were worked out too. Hitchcock told Franois Truffaut that this film was the lowest ebb of his career. He only agreed to make it because he had no other film projects that year, and wanted to stay working. He never again made a musical film.

Cast
Esmond Knight as Johann "Schani" Strauss, the Younger Jessie Matthews as Rasi Edmund Gwenn as Johann Strauss, the Elder Fay Compton as Countess Helga von Stahl Frank Vosper as Prince Gustav Robert Hale as Ebezeder Marcus Barron as Drexter Charles Heslop as Valet Betty Huntley-Wright as Lady's Maid Hindle Edgar as Leopold Sybil Grove as Mme. Fouchett Billy Shine Jr. as Carl Bertram Dench as Engine driver B. M. Lewis as Domeyer Cyril Smith as Secretary

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External links
Waltzes from Vienna [1] at the Internet Movie Database Waltzes from Vienna [2] is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more] Waltzes from Vienna Eyegate Gallery [3]

References
[1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0024747/ [2] http:/ / www. archive. org/ details/ Waltzes_from_Vienna [3] http:/ / www. eyegate. com/ cine/ Waltzes_from_Vienna/

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Article Sources and Contributors

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