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Original title The Great Waltz
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
Production company
Awards
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1939-03-17

Cast

Luise Rainer
Poldi Vogelhuber

Fernand Gravey (as Fernand Gravet)
Johann "Schani" Strauss II

Miliza Korjus
Carla Donner

Hugh Herbert
Julius Hofbauer, musikredaktör

Lionel Atwill
greve Hohenfried

Curt Bois
Kienzl

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title
Working title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Dialogue Coach
Second Unit Director
Story
Musical Arrangement
Choir Master
Musician
Orchestration
Musical Director
Costume Designer
Hair Stylist
Other Crew

Cast

Luise Rainer Poldi Vogelhuber
Fernand Gravey (as Fernand Gravet) Johann "Schani" Strauss II
Miliza Korjus Carla Donner
Hugh Herbert Julius Hofbauer, musikredaktör
Lionel Atwill greve Hohenfried
Curt Bois Kienzl
Leonid Kinskey Dudelman
Al Shean cellist
Minna Gombell Mrs. Hofbauer
George Houston Fritz Schiller
Bert Roach Vogelhuber
Greta Meyer Mrs. Vogelhuber
Herman Bing Otto Dommayer
Alma Kruger Mrs. Strauss
Henry Hull kejsar Franz Josef
Siegfried Rumann (as Sig Rumann) Werthelmer, bankir
Christian Rub kusk
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Ferdinand Munier värdshusvärd
Bodil Rosing (as Bodil Ann Rosing) värdshusvärdens hustru
Gertrude Sutton Freda. Carlas jungfru
Sue Moore Anna, Poldis jungfru
Mira McKinney Miss Dunkel
Lester Sharpe musiker
Hans Joby musiker
Art Hamburger (as Arthur Hamburger) musiker
Arno Frey musiker
Loretta DeLone musiker
Anthony Marlowe musiker
Eddie Conrad musiker
Paul Weigel positivhalare
Wesley Giraud ridknekt
Joe De Stefani hovmästare
Howard M. Mitchell hovmästare
Torben Meyer biljettkontrollant hos Dommayers
Larry Steers man i uniform
George Du Count ryss
Jane K. Loofbourrow döv äldre kvinna
Phillip Terry student
Brent Sargent student
Ben Lewis storväxt student
Luke Cosgrove skäggprydd man
Sidney D'Albrook scenarbetare
Roland Varno ordonnans
Boyd Gilbert revolutionär
Jerry Fletcher revolutionär
Walter Sande revolutionär
Henry Zynda revolutionär
John Merton revolutionär
Max Hoffman Jr. revolutionär
George Magrill revolutionär
Ernie Alexander revolutionär
Albert Mahler solist
William Fraunfelder joddlare
Betty Fraunfelder joddlare
Ruth Fraunfelder joddlare
Zita Baca dansös
Bess Flowers en kvinna
Christian J. Frank vaktmästare
Edward Keane officer
Frank Mayo fartygskapten
Ralph Sanford polis utanför Hohenfrieds
Ellinor Vanderveer gäst på festen
The Mitchell Boy's Choir pojkkören

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1938-10-31 LP8416
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1939

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59125
Date 1939-02
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2850 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 104 min
Reels 10 reels


Production location

1938-05 1938-09-21
Chino, Kalifornien USA
Chico, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1938-11-04 USA
Release in Sweden 1939-03-17 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 104 min
Re-release 1947-07-25 USA

Soundtrack listing

Original title Künstlerleben, op. 316
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1867)


Original title I'm in Love with Vienna
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald - 1868)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1938)
Musical Adaptation Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Sung by Earl Covert
kör
Miliza Korjus (repris - finalen)


Original title There'll Come a Time
Composer Johann Strauss d.y.
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1938)
Musical Adaptation Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Sung by Miliza Korjus


Original title Revolutionary March
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (Revolutions-Marsch 1848)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1938)
Musical Adaptation Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Sung by kör


Original title Birth of the Vienna Woods
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald - 1868)
Lyrics Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Musical Adaptation Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Sung by Miliza Korjus
Dancer Fernand Gravey
Miliza Korjus


Original title One Day When We Were Young
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (Wer uns getraut? ur Zigenarbaronen 1885)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1938)
Musical Adaptation Dimitri Tiomkin (1938)
Sung by Earl Covert (dubbar Fernand Gravey)
Miliza Korjus (första repris)
Miliza Korjus (andre repris - finalen)


Original title Du und Du. Ur Die Fledermaus
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1874)
Sung by Miliza Korjus
George Houston
kör


Original title An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1867)


Original title Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410
Composer Johann Strauss d.y. (1882)


Awards

Academy Award of Merit Los Angeles 1939 Joseph Ruttenberg Bästa foto/Best Cinematography)

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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