Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
Costume
Ridiculous 19th-century gowns that eat the entire frame.
Acting
Luise Rainer's dramatic collapse — Oscar-winning suffering.
Score
Actual Strauss played by an orchestra visible in your dreams.
Director
Julien Duvivier
Luise Rainer
Poldi Vogelhuber
Fernand Gravey
Johann 'Schani' Strauss II
Miliza Korjus
Carla Donner
Hugh Herbert
Julius Hofbauer, Music Publisher
Lionel Atwill
Count Anton 'Tony' Hohenfried
Curt Bois
Kienzl
Leonid Kinskey
Dudelman
Al Shean
Cellist
Minna Gombell
Mrs. Hofbauer
George Houston
Schiller
Bert Roach
Vogelhuber
Greta Meyer
Mrs. Vogelhuber
Herman Bing
Dommayer
Alma Kruger
Mrs. Strauss
Henry Hull
Franz Josef
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Luise Rainer won back-to-back Oscars then quit Hollywood within two years, calling this era 'factory-like' — her performance here practically vibrates with that tension.
This was MGM's attempt to out-Prestige 'The Great Ziegfeld' — they built a literal Vienna street on the lot and still couldn't save it from historical obscurity.
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