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The Emperor's Waltz (1933 film)

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The Emperor's Waltz
German film poster
GermanKaiserwalzer
Directed byFrederic Zelnik
Written by
Produced byGabriel Levy
Starring
CinematographyReimar Kuntze
Edited byCarl Otto Bartning
Music byNico Dostal
Production
company
Zelnik-Film
Distributed byAafa-Film
Release date
  • 24 January 1933 (1933-01-24)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Emperor's Waltz (German: Kaiserwalzer) is a 1933 German musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, and Carl Esmond.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Location shooting took place around the Austrian spa town Bad Ischl.[2]

Plot

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In the days of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, an aristocrat and his son both fall for the same woman.

Distribution

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Distributed by Aafa-Film, the film was released in German cinemas on 24 January 1933 with the censorship visa granted on 21 December 1932.[3] In Austria, the film was released in 1933 by Koppelmann & Reiter under the title Audienz in Ischl. General Foreign Sales Corp. oversaw its release in the United States.[4]

Partial cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 105. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
  2. ^ Klaus p.91
  3. ^ "Kaiserwalzer | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ The Emperor's Waltz (1933) - IMDb, retrieved 9 June 2022

Bibliography

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  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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