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

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