Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre

biographical film, musical film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the young composer Johann Strauss II as he juggles his passion for music with a romantic interest in a baker's daughter. It shows his struggle to pursue his art while navigating family tensions and a budding love story.

light-heartedromanticupbeatwhimsicalbreezyperiodcheerfulplayful

What happens

Waltzes from Vienna is a 1934 British biographical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, sometimes known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the cycle of operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s. Hitchcock's film is based on the stage musical Waltzes from Vienna, which premiered in Vienna in October 1930. With a libretto by A. M. Willner, Heinz Reichert and Ernst Marischka, this stage production contains music by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, selected and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner into discrete musical numbers. Hitchcock, however, did not include these musical numbers in his film. In addition, he changed the end of the story. In the stage musical, Resi, the baker's daughter, decides that her father's apprentice, Leopold, will make a more suitable husband than the composer, Schani (Johann Strauss II). By contrast, Hitchcock's film rendition ends with Resi and Schani declaring their love for each other. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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