The Eternal Waltz
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The Eternal Waltz 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.
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
. 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
Paul Verhoeven (Germany)
Paul Verhoeven was a German actor, writer, and film and theatre director.He had 13 siblings and the family lived in modest circumstances.He directed and acted in over 50 films, and wrote over 20 film scripts, the first of which was Das kleine Hofkonzert in 1935, an operetta with music by Edmund...
who also directed the film.
Cast
- Bernhard Wicki – Johann Strauss IIJohann Strauss IIJohann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
- Hilde KrahlHilde KrahlHilde Krahl was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1994.She was born Hildegard Kolačný in Brod, Austria-Hungary and died in Vienna, Austria...
– Henrietta TreffzHenrietta TreffzHenrietta "Jetty" Treffz was best known as the first wife of Johann Strauss II and a well-known mezzo-soprano appearing in England in 1849 to great acclaim.-Biography:... - Annemarie DüringerAnnemarie DüringerAnnemarie Düringer is a Swiss actress. She graduated from the Cours Simon in Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in 1947. She is the daughter of a Swiss industrialist...
– Adele - Friedl Loor – Marie Geistinger
- Lis van Essen – Olga
- Willy Trenk-TrebitschWilly Trenk-TrebitschWilly Trenk-Trebitsch was an Austrian actor. He was especially famous for his performances as Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera; he also had a film career.- References :...
– Leibrock, Kammerdiener - Hans PutzHans PutzHans Putz was an Austrian actor. He had a stage career, including working at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Volkstheater in Vienna; he also appeared in a number of films....
– Alexander GirardiAlexander GirardiAlexander Girardi was an Austrian] actor and tenor singer in operettas.- Career :Girardi was born in Graz; his father was the locksmith Andreas Girardi who had migrated to Graz from Cortina d'Ampezzo. Following the early death of his father, Alexander Girardi was raised by his stepfather who put... - Ulrich BettacUlrich BettacUlrich Bettac , born Ulrich Ewald Berthold Bettac, was a German-born Austrian actor and theatre director. He was especially well known for his work as a character actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he also had a fairly extensive film career.-Selected filmography:*Mysterious Shadows *1...
– Director Steiner - Arnulf SchröderArnulf SchröderArnulf Schröder was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin.-References:*...
– Jacques OffenbachJacques OffenbachJacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr.... - Hermann ThimigHermann ThimigHermann Thimig was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967.His father Hugo Thimig was a stage actor and his sister Helene was a stage actress. Thimig began his professional career in 1910 at the Hoftheater in Meiningen till the First World War...
– Haslinger - Leonard SteckelLeonard SteckelLeonard Steckel was a German actor and director of stage and screen. He began his career as a stage actor, and spent the duration of World War II in exile in Zürich, where he had gone to work at the Schauspielhaus...
– Baron Carlo Todesco - Michael Toost – Baron Victor Todesco
- Eduard Strauss Jr. – Eduard StraussEduard StraussEduard Strauss was an Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music...
- Josef Hendrichs – Josef StraussJosef StraussJosef Strauss was an Austrian composer.He was born in Vienna, the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military...
- Elisabeth Neumann-ViertelElisabeth Neumann-ViertelElisabeth Neumann-Viertel was an Austrian actress. Under the Nazi regime she emigrated to the United States, but she later returned. She was the second wife of Berthold Viertel....
– Mutter Strauß - Waldemar Frahm – Anton, 1. Geiger
- Alma SeidlerAlma SeidlerAlma Seidler was an Austrian actress. She was the daughter of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg, and had an extensive stage and screen career.- References :* at Österreich-Lexikon...
– Fürstin Metternich - Gert FröbeGert FröbeKarl Gerhart Fröbe, better known as Gert Fröbe was a German actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger, The Threepenny Opera as Peachum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst, and in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz.-Life:Born in...
– Gawrinoff - Ellen Hille – Anastasia
- Claus BiederstaedtClaus BiederstaedtClaus Biederstaedt is a German actor and voice actor. He studied in Hamburg and began his career working with Joseph Offenbach...
– Gregor - Erik FreyErik FreyErik Frey was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1936 and 1988.He was born and died in Vienna, Austria.-Selected filmography:* Eroica * 1...
– Kaiser Franz JosefFranz Joseph I of AustriaFranz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of... - Harry HardtHarry HardtHarry Hardt was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a military academy and serving during World War I...
– Professor Billroth - Maria EisMaria EisMaria Eis was an Austrian actress of stage and screen.Between 1918 and 1923 Eis performed on stage at the Neue Wiener Bühne , the Renaissancebühne and the Kammerspielen...
– Prinzessin Metternich - Karlheinz BöhmKarlheinz BöhmKarlheinz Böhm is an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell...