The Eternal Waltz
The Eternal Waltz (German: Ewiger Walzer) is a 1954 West German film dramatizing the life of Johann Strauss II. The initial story was written by Hanns Marschall and Ruth Charlotte Silbermann, and the film itself was written by Alexander Lix; the adaptation was by Paul Verhoeven who also directed the film.
Cast
- Bernhard Wicki – Johann Strauss II
- Hilde Krahl – Henrietta Treffz
- Annemarie Düringer – Adele
- Friedl Loor – Marie Geistinger
- Lis van Essen – Olga
- Willy Trenk-Trebitsch – Leibrock, Kammerdiener
- Hans Putz – Alexander Girardi
- Ulrich Bettac – Director Steiner
- Arnulf Schröder – Jacques Offenbach
- Hermann Thimig – Haslinger
- Leonard Steckel – Baron Carlo Todesco
- Michael Toost – Baron Victor Todesco
- Eduard Strauss Jr. – Eduard Strauss
- Josef Hendrichs – Josef Strauss
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel – Mutter Strauß
- Waldemar Frahm – Anton, 1. Geiger
- Alma Seidler – Fürstin Metternich
- Gert Fröbe – Gawrinoff
- Ellen Hille – Anastasia
- Claus Biederstaedt – Gregor
- Erik Frey – Kaiser Franz Josef
- Harry Hardt – Professor Billroth
- Maria Eis – Prinzessin Metternich
- Karlheinz Böhm