Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
Direction
Ophüls' camera glides through Vienna like a ghost
Cinematography
Shadows and candlelight that prefigure film noir
Writing
Schnitzler adaptation that understands inevitability
Director
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger
Der alte Weyring - Kammermusiker
Magda Schneider
Christine Weyring - seine Tochter
Luise Ullrich
Mizzi Schlager
Gustaf Gründgens
Baron v. Eggersdorff
Olga Tschechowa
Baronin v. Eggersdorff
Carl Esmond
Oberleutnant Theo Kaiser
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Leutnant Fritz Lobheimer
Paul Otto
Major v. Eggersdorff
Werner Finck
Binder, Cellist
Ekkehard Arendt
Leutnant von Lensky
Hans Moser
Werner Pledath
Lotte Spira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ophüls fled Germany that same year; this was his last German film before exile.
Based on Arthur Schnitzler's play—he hated the film, possibly because Ophüls made the tragedy feel so seductively beautiful.
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