Name: Vienna Waltzes
Released: 1961
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marthe Harell, Lilly Stepanek, Fritz Imhoff, Eva Leiter

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Wien tanzt

Release Date

Jan 1961

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Cordial Film; Vindobona Filmgesellschaft

Distribution Company

Hoffberg Productions

Country

Austria

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 30m

Synopsis

Cafe band conductor Johann Strauss develops a unique rythmic pattern for dance music. When he introduces his compositions, Millie, a milliner with whom Johann has been having an affair, ignores the initial unpopularity of the music and teaches the customers a new dance called the waltz. The Viennese become more tolerant as royalty accepts the waltz, and Johann soon becomes rich and famous. He leaves his wife and three children and tours Europe with Millie, but she is shunned for being his mistress. Upon returning, Johann is enraged to find that his son, Johann, Jr., has also achieved fame as a conductor. The aging musician overcomes his anger, however, when he hears his son perform, and a reconciliation takes place when Johann, Jr., visits his dying father.