Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna

Infobox Film | name =Waltzes from Vienna


caption = Poster for "Waltzes from Vienna"
director = Alfred Hitchcock
writer = Claude Allain
starring = Esmond Knight
Jessie Matthews
Edmund Gwenn
Fay Compton
Frank Vosper
released = 1934
runtime = 80 min.
language = English
country = UK
imdb_id = 0024747

"Waltzes from Vienna" is a 1934 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film was also called "Strauss' Great Waltz". The film tells the story of the writing and performance of The Blue Danube. According to Hitchcock::cquote|"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 François 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.

"Waltzes from Vienna" was also a popular Ruritanian style musical, which is sometimes still performed by amateur companies due to its large chorus.

Cast

*Esmond Knight as Johann Strauss, the Younger
*Jessie Matthews as Rasi
*Edmund Gwenn as Johann Strauss, the Elder
*Fay Compton as Countess Helga von Stahl

External links

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* [http://www.eyegate.com/cine/Waltzes_from_Vienna/ "Waltzes from Vienna" Eyegate Gallery]


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