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 of Johann Strauss II. It starred Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet (Gravey) and Miliza 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 famous opera soprano and played one in the film.

Joseph Ruttenberg won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Korjus was nominated for Supporting Actress and Tom 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 alongside Mary Costa, Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell.

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*tcmdb title | id=15778 | title=The Great Waltz