The Emperor's Waltz (1933 film)

1933 film

The Emperor's Waltz
German film poster

German	Kaiserwalzer

Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Written by	Alfred Halm Frederic Zelnik
Produced by	Gabriel Levy
Starring	Mártha Eggerth Paul Hörbiger Carl Esmond
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Nico Dostal
Production company	Zelnik-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	24 January 1933 (1933-01-24)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Emperor's Waltz (German: Kaiserwalzer) is a 1933 German musical film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, and Carl Esmond. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Location shooting took place around the Austrian spa town Bad Ischl.

Plot

In the days of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, an aristocrat and his son both fall for the same woman.

Distribution

Distributed by Aafa-Film, the film was released in German cinemas on 24 January 1933 with the censorship visa granted on 21 December 1932. In Austria, the film was released in 1933 by Koppelmann & Reiter under the title Audienz in Ischl. General Foreign Sales Corp. oversaw its release in the United States.

Partial cast

Mártha Eggerth as Mizzi Schlaghofer, mistress of Olgahof
Paul Hörbiger as Count Eggersdorf
Carl Esmond as Viktor Eggersdorf
Fritz Kampers as Dr. Scharfinger
Hansi Niese as Stasi, head maid
S. Z. Sakall as Leitner - manufacturer from Budapest
Trude Berliner as Annemarie Schulz from Berlin
Olly Gebauer as Lori Stübinger - Soubrette
Arthur Bergen
Rupert Fischer
Fritz Spira
Helmut Krauss
Ernst Pröckl
Josef Reithofer
Wera Schultz
Rudolf Weinmann
Betty Bird

References

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 105. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
Klaus p.91
"Kaiserwalzer | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
The Emperor's Waltz (1933) - IMDb, retrieved 9 June 2022

Bibliography

Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

The Emperor's Waltz at IMDb

v t e The films of Frederic Zelnik
His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918) The Heiress of the Count of Monte Cristo (1919) Charlotte Corday (1919) Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac (1920) Anna Karenina (1920) Fanny Elssler (1920) Count Varenne's Lover (1921) Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess (1921) The Girl from Piccadilly (1921) Miss Beryll (1921) Memoirs of a Film Actress (1921) Count Festenberg (1922) Napoleon's Daughter (1922) Insulted and Humiliated (1922) The Mistress of the King (1922) Yvette, the Fashion Princess (1922) The Marriage of Princess Demidoff (1922) Tania, the Woman in Chains (1922) Lyda Ssanin (1923) The Men of Sybill (1923) The Girl from Hell (1923) Resurrection (1923) Daisy (1923) Irene of Gold (1923) The Girl from Capri (1924) The Mistress of Monbijou (1924) Marionettes of the Princess (1924) The Sailor Perugino (1924) Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband (1924) By Order of Pompadour (1924) Athletes (1925) Women You Rarely Greet (1925) The Venus of Montmartre (1925) Letters Which Never Reached Him (1925) The Bohemian Dancer (1926) The Mill at Sanssouci (1926) The Blue Danube (1926) Fadette (1926) The Violet Eater (1926) The Weavers (1927) Dancing Vienna (1927) The Gypsy Baron (1927) Mariett Dances Today (1928) Mary Lou (1928) My Heart is a Jazz Band (1929) The Crimson Circle (1929) Everyone Asks for Erika (1931) The Forester's Daughter (1931) The Dancer of Sanssouci (1932) Happy (1933) The Emperor's Waltz (1933) Southern Roses (1936) The Lilac Domino (1937) Daddy Long Legs (1938) Tomorrow It Will Be Better (1939) I Killed the Count (1939)

The films of Frederic Zelnik

His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918)
The Heiress of the Count of Monte Cristo (1919)
Charlotte Corday (1919)
Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac (1920)
Anna Karenina (1920)
Fanny Elssler (1920)
Count Varenne's Lover (1921)
Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess (1921)
The Girl from Piccadilly (1921)
Miss Beryll (1921)
Memoirs of a Film Actress (1921)
Count Festenberg (1922)
Napoleon's Daughter (1922)
Insulted and Humiliated (1922)
The Mistress of the King (1922)
Yvette, the Fashion Princess (1922)
The Marriage of Princess Demidoff (1922)
Tania, the Woman in Chains (1922)
Lyda Ssanin (1923)
The Men of Sybill (1923)
The Girl from Hell (1923)
Resurrection (1923)
Daisy (1923)
Irene of Gold (1923)
The Girl from Capri (1924)
The Mistress of Monbijou (1924)
Marionettes of the Princess (1924)
The Sailor Perugino (1924)
Nelly, the Bride Without a Husband (1924)
By Order of Pompadour (1924)
Athletes (1925)
Women You Rarely Greet (1925)
The Venus of Montmartre (1925)
Letters Which Never Reached Him (1925)
The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
The Mill at Sanssouci (1926)
The Blue Danube (1926)
Fadette (1926)
The Violet Eater (1926)
The Weavers (1927)
Dancing Vienna (1927)
The Gypsy Baron (1927)
Mariett Dances Today (1928)
Mary Lou (1928)
My Heart is a Jazz Band (1929)
The Crimson Circle (1929)
Everyone Asks for Erika (1931)
The Forester's Daughter (1931)
The Dancer of Sanssouci (1932)
Happy (1933)
The Emperor's Waltz (1933)
Southern Roses (1936)
The Lilac Domino (1937)
Daddy Long Legs (1938)
Tomorrow It Will Be Better (1939)
I Killed the Count (1939)

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