The Eternal Waltz

The Eternal Waltz
The Eternal Waltz
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Written by	Alexander Lix; Hanns Marschall; Friedrich Schreyvogl [de]; Ruth Charlotte Silbermann; Paul Verhoeven;
Produced by	Carl W. Tetting [de]
Starring	Bernhard Wicki; Hilde Krahl; Annemarie Düringer;
Cinematography	Franz Koch
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production; company	Rotary-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche London-Film; Sascha Film (Austria);
Release date	17 December 1954;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Eternal Waltz (German: Ewiger Walzer) is a 1954 West German drama film dramatizing the life of Johann Strauss II.^[1] 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.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Bi and Bruno Monden.

Cast[edit]

Bernhard Wicki as Johann Strauss II
Hilde Krahl as Henrietta Treffz
Annemarie Düringer as Adele
Friedl Loor as Marie Geistinger
Lis van Essen as Olga
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch as Leibrock, Valet
Hans Putz as Alexander Girardi
Ulrich Bettac as Director Steiner
Arnulf Schröder as Jacques Offenbach
Hermann Thimig as Carl Haslinger [de]
Leonard Steckel as Baron Carlo Todesco
Michael Toost as Baron Victor Todesco
Eduard Strauss Jr. as Eduard Strauss
Josef Hendrichs as Josef Strauss
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Mother Strauß
Waldemar Frahm as Anton, First Violinist
Alma Seidler as Fürstin Metternich
Gert Fröbe as Gawrinoff
Ellen Hille as Anastasia
Claus Biederstaedt as Gregor
Erik Frey as Kaiser Franz Josef
Harry Hardt as Professor Billroth
Maria Eis as Princess Metternich
Karlheinz Böhm

References[edit]

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 529

Bibliography[edit]

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.