- The Great Waltz (film)
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name = The Great Waltz
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director =Julien Duvivier Victor Fleming (uncredited)Josef von Sternberg (uncredited)
producer =Bernard H. Hyman
writer =Gottfried Reinhardt (story)Samuel Hoffenstein Walter Reisch Vicky Baum (story, uncredited)
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starring =Fernand Gravet Luise Rainer Miliza Korjus
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released =November 4 1938
runtime = 104 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0030202"The Great Waltz" is a 1938
biographical film of the life ofJohann Strauss II . It starredLuise Rainer , Fernand Gravet (Gravey) andMiliza Korjus . Rainer received top billing at the producer's insistence, but her role is comparatively minor as Strauss' wife, Poldi Volgelhuber. It was the only starring role for Korjus, who was a famousopera soprano and played one in the film.Joseph Ruttenberg won theAcademy Award for Best Cinematography . Korjus was nominated for Supporting Actress andTom Held for Film Editing.The Film was incredibly Popular in Australia and was distributed largely throughout Sydney and Melbourne for two year after its initial release.Re-make
The film was re-made in 1972 with
Horst Buchholz playing Strauss alongsideMary Costa ,Nigel Patrick andYvonne Mitchell .External links
*tcmdb title | id=15778 | title=The Great Waltz
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