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Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle |
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Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by | Eric Maschwitz |
Starring | Jack Buchanan Anna Neagle Gina Malo |
Music by | Tony Lowry Harry Perritt |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Editing by | Michael Hankinson |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | Mary 1932 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Goodnight, Vienna is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle and Gina Malo.[1] Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited.
It was based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz.[2] It features the song Good-night, Vienna (song). Wilcox reportedly cast Neagle, whom he would later marry and direct in many films, after discovering her by chance in a stage show.[3]
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Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again.
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