The Great Waltz (1938)
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Cast
as Poldi Vogelhuber
as Johann Strauss
as Carla Donner
as Julius Hofbauer
as Count Hohenfried
as Kienzl
as Franz Joseph
as Dudelman
as Schiller
as Cellist
as Mrs. Hofbauer
as Vogelhuber
as Mrs. Vogelhuber
as Dommayer
as Mrs. Strauss
as Wertheimer
as Coachman
Critic Reviews for The Great Waltz
All Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)
Passages of the film are visually magnificent, but the whole lacks dramatic power.
Story and script have been happily blended here into a pattern both dreamlike and gay.
Audience Reviews for The Great Waltz
Beautiful music, standard script. The Vienesse Teardrop does well enough in her standard role of the long suffering put upon wife and as always she cries beautifully but Gravey is flat in the lead. The kind of picture where Strauss can compose Tales from the Vienna Woods just by taking an carriage ride through them and suddenly without any struggle whatsoever have the whole thing ready for a performance at the end of said ride! There is also quite a bit of operatic singing, if that's your cup of tea great all others beware.
Super Reviewer
Return with us now to those thrilling days in Vienna before the revolution and Johann Strauss (Gravet) doesn't want to be a banker but instead to write waltzes. His lifelong pal, buddy, and possible sweetheart is the long suffering, long ignored by him Rainer who simply wants to get married. Just as their plans start to meld along comes artsy artist opera soprano (Korjus, pronounced gorgeous, her only screen appearance ever) to "inspire" poor simple Johann. Even a dope like me was set to swaying by the Hollywood-juiced versions of some of the most well known music in the world and Korjus, the real star of this, is simply a vocalizing force of nature let loose and free.
Super Reviewer
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