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Immortal Waltz - Wikipedia

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Immortal Waltz
German film poster

German	Unsterblicher Walzer

Directed by	E. W. Emo
Written by	Karl Köstlin Friedrich Schreyvogel
Produced by	E. W. Emo
Starring	Paul Hörbiger Dagny Servaes Maria Andergast Friedl Czepa
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production companies	Wien-Film Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	24 August 1939 (1939-08-24)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Immortal Waltz (German: Unsterblicher Walzer) is a 1939 historical drama film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Dagny Servaes, and Maria Andergast.

It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. The film portrays the lives of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss I and his family.^[1] The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss.

Plot

Johann Strauss I is firmly established as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. While his sons Johann Strauss II and Josef have inherited their father's talent, he is strictly opposed to them being trained as composers by concertmaster Amon, a good friend of his. Johann II and Josef attend the Vienna Polytechnic under paternal pressure, but Johann junior soon drops out, causing a rift with his father. Johann Strauss junior then goes his own way and breaks off contact with his family. A few years later, he has finally made it and is celebrated as the new king of waltz. Father Johann secretly takes pride in his highly talented son's accomplishment. But then, at the age of only 44, Johann falls seriously ill with scarlet fever and dies, without having spoken to his son again.

Meanwhile, Josef has finished his studies at the Polytechnic and works as an engineer. He still loves music and spends every free minute composing. Although his father has since passed away, Josef, unlike his brother Johann, does not dare to rebel against his father's wish. When Johann junior learns of his brother's emotional dilemma, he gives Josef an opportunity to prove his musical skills for the first time at a New Year's Eve celebration. Josef's premiere is a great success, and he finally commits himself to music and abandons his engineering career.

Johann is in such great demand that he asks Josef to stand in for him on another occasion. Meanwhile, the youngest of the three brothers, Eduard Strauss, has grown up and also shows promise as a composer. However, he and Joseph are under the shadow of their much more famous brother, much to their chagrin. Eventually, it is old Amon who creates a group, called "Strauss", in which the three Strauss brothers jointly perform and inspire the masses with their waltz music.

Cast

Paul Hörbiger as Johann Strauss I
Dagny Servaes as Anna Strauss, mother
Maria Andergast as Lina Strauss
Friedl Czepa as Regine Endlweber
Gretl Theimer as Emilie Trampusch
Fred Liewehr as Johann Strauss II
- Karl Kalwoda as young Johann Strauss
Hans Holt as Josef Strauss
- Karl Heinz Kaiser as young Josef Strauss
Fritz Lehmann as Eduard Strauss
Hannes Grötzer as Edi Strauss's son as a child
Karl Skraup as Amon, concertmaster
Karl Binder as Wotruba, magistrate's assistant
Julius Brandt as manufacturer
Siegfried Breuer
Brezina as Portier
Lia Burg as Strauss's cook
Franz Böheim as butler
Rudolf Carl as Piscatschek, servant
Hugo Drahosal as Lohndiener
Karl Forest as Director des Etabl. 'To The Black Poodle'
Emilie Giesrau as an elderly lady
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer as charwoman
Karl Hauser as Servant
Willy Hein as Principal
Rudi Horky as Kursekretär
Walter Huber as mason
Fritz Imhoff as Sigrista, magistrate
Edi Klitsch as civil servant at the TU Wien
Loidolt as kitchen maid
Lorenzy as cashier
Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Hotelportier
Ernst Nadherny as Kurdirektor
Erich Nikowitz as Official Wagner
Carmen Perwolf as cook
Ernst Reitter as Professor Kinzelberger
Wilhelm Schich as Haslinger
Maria Schnorrpfeil as Stubenmädchen
Mimi Stelzer as cook
Tomaselli as soldier
Hans Unterkircher as Regierungsrat
Kurt von Lessen as Count Jublinoff
Mary Wawra as Mitzi
Oskar Wegrostek as Gerichtsvollzieher
Wiechert as Bauzeichner

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 152. doi:10.7560/734579. ISBN 0292734581. JSTOR 10.7560/734579.

External links

Immortal Waltz at IMDb

Films directed by E. W. Emo

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Wrong Number, Miss (1932)
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Marion, That's Not Nice (1933)
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Paganini (1934)
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The Fairy Doll (1936)
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The Cabbie's Song (1936)
A Hoax (1936)
The Unexcused Hour (1937)
Thirteen Chairs (1938)
Anton the Last (1939)
Immortal Waltz (1939)
Beloved Augustin (1940)
My Daughter Lives in Vienna (1940)
Love Is Duty Free (1941)
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Two Happy People (1943)
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Shame on You, Brigitte! (1952)
Irene in Trouble (1953)
Lady's Choice (1953)
Her Corporal (1956)
Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1956)

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