Waltzes from Vienna

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Waltzes from Vienna
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Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Written by	Claude Allain
Starring	Esmond Knight Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn Fay Compton Frank Vosper
Release date(s)	1934
Running time	80 min.
Language	English
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Waltzes from Vienna is a 1933 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:

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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.

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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.

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] External links

Waltzes from Vienna at the Internet Movie Database

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Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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