The great waltz

Teaching Film Custodians classroom film of excerpts from the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film, “The Great Waltz”. Dramatizes the life and work of Johann Strauss, the younger, showing the sources from which he may have drawn the inspirations for his compositions, and illustrating his influence upon the culture and customs of his times. Presents selections from "Artist's Life", "The Beautiful Blue Danube", "Tales from the Vienna Woods" and scenes from the operetta "Die Fledermaus".

Credits

Directed by
Josef von Sternberg, Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming
Written by
Samuel Hoffenstein, Walter Reisch
Cast
Curt Bois, Sig Ruman, Al Shean, Miliza Korjus, Minna Gombell, Lionel Atwill, Luise Rainer, Herman Bing, Bess Flowers, Hugh Herbert, Henry Hull, Greta Meyer, Edward Keane, Bert Roach, Roland Varno, Fernand Gravey, George Magrill, Leonid Kinskey …
Produced by
Bernard H. Hyman
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg
Music
Johann Strauss II
Edited by
Tom Held
Complete catalog record

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q1198853 ↗ — country, genre, credits