The Emperor's Waltz (1933 film)
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| German | Kaiserwalzer |
| Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Gabriel Levy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Nico Dostal |
Production company | Zelnik-Film |
| Distributed by | Aafa-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Emperor's Waltz (German: Kaiserwalzer) is a 1933 German musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, and Carl Esmond.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Location shooting took place around the Austrian spa town Bad Ischl.[2]
Plot[edit]
In the days of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, an aristocrat and his son both fall for the same woman.
Distribution[edit]
Distributed by Aafa-Film, the film was released in German cinemas on 24 January 1933 with the censorship visa granted on 21 December 1932.[3] In Austria, the film was released in 1933 by Koppelmann & Reiter under the title Audienz in Ischl. General Foreign Sales Corp. oversaw its release in the United States.[4]
Partial cast[edit]
- Mártha Eggerth as Mizzi Schlaghofer, mistress of Olgahof
- Paul Hörbiger as Count Eggersdorf
- Carl Esmond as Viktor Eggersdorf
- Fritz Kampers as Dr. Scharfinger
- Hansi Niese as Stasi, head maid
- S. Z. Sakall as Leitner - manufacturer from Budapest
- Trude Berliner as Annemarie Schulz from Berlin
- Olly Gebauer as Lori Stübinger - Soubrette
- Arthur Bergen
- Rupert Fischer
- Fritz Spira
- Helmut Krauss
- Ernst Pröckl
- Josef Reithofer
- Wera Schultz
- Rudolf Weinmann
- Betty Bird
References[edit]
- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 105. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
- ^ Klaus p.91
- ^ "Kaiserwalzer | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ The Emperor's Waltz (1933) - IMDb, retrieved 9 June 2022
Bibliography[edit]
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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