Immortal Waltz

Immortal Waltz
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;
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 the Austrian composer Johann Strauss I and 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 firmly established himself as the leader of a dance band in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann Strauss II and Josef obviously inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to the two 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 abandons his studies, which makes Johann angry at his son. Johann Strauss junior then goes his own way and breaks off contact with his family. Few years later, Johann Strauss' son has finally made it and is celebrated by the public as the new king of waltz. Father Johann, who is satisfied with his son's accomplishment, decides not to speak to his highly talented son in person. But soon after it, at the age of 44, Johann falls seriously ill with scarlet fever and dies, without speaking to his son.

Meanwhile, Josef has finished his studies at the Polytechnic and begins to work as an engineer, while still practicing music, he composes every time he have a free minute. Although his father has since passed away, Josef, unlike his brother Johann, does not dare to rebel against his father's wish. Through his wife Lina, Johann junior learns about the conflict in which Josef entangled himself in. 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 is finally completely committed to music and ends his engineering career.

Josef had such a great success that he asks Johann to represent him on one of the other occasions. Meantime, the youngest of the three brothers, Eduard Strauss, has also grown up and also shows ambition as a composer. However, he and Joseph are under the shadow of the much famous brother, against whom they shall compete. Eventually, it is old Amon who creates a group, called "Strauss", in which all three Strausses are performing and inspiring 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

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[1] 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.

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