The dancing Vienna
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The dancing Vienna |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1927 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Friedrich Zelnik |
| script |
Fanny Carlsen Willy Haas |
| production | Friedrich Zelnik |
| music | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| camera | Frederik Fuglsang |
| occupation | |
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The dancing Vienna is a German silent film music romance from 1927 by Friedrich Zelnik with his wife Lya Mara and the US silent film star Ben Lyon in the leading roles.
action
The story begins in heaven. There, old Austrian composers Johann Strauss, Carl Millöcker and others give the blessed Emperor Franz-Joseph I a little serenade. In the meantime, the Viennese Countess Frizzi Zirsky is fully occupied with helping the landlord of the “Eisvogel” restaurant, who has seen much better days, back on his feet with all her possibilities. Since she has a hearty Viennese mind and can sing and dance, she is ready to perform in his restaurant to entertain the guests as well as possible. This displeases her count's mother and the other aristocratic relatives, since such appearances are supposedly not appropriate for a young lady from a good family.
However, it is precisely this freshness and carefreeness that makes Frizzi so lovable for the uneducated American Jonny Conzaga, as class arrogance is virtually unknown in the USA. Jonny is a very open and very direct young man; he tries to impress Frizzi and win her heart with his athletic insoles. Jonny's daddy Carl has objections to this relationship as well as the blasé aristocratic family Frizzis, only the American believes that the Austrian girl is not really serious about her boy. But Jonny prevails and asks the Viennese, after she has shone with her appearance in a revue, to become his wife. And at the end of the day, the music plays the old way "Vienna, Vienna, just you ..."
Production notes
The dancing Vienna was created as a quasi-continuation of Zelnik's Viennese film On the Beautiful Blue Danube, shot in August and September 1927 in Staaken (studio) and Vienna (outdoor shots) and was censored on September 29, 1927. The film was 2725 meters, spread over seven acts. The film was released for the youth. The premiere took place on October 1, 1927 in Berlin's Capitol .
Erich Kettelhut , Andrej Andrejew and Ferdinand Bellan created the film structures.
criticism
The Austrian film newspaper said: “Zelnik is directing with saxophone and violin. He pulls out all the stops of his great ability and is supported by the surgeon Fuglsang, who takes fantastic photos with mirrors and meshed lenses. In the portrayal, Lya Mara was happy to dance ... Ben Lyon is a handsome, nice boy who takes all women's hearts by storm ”.
Web links
- The dancing Vienna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The dancing Vienna at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ there Lya Mara's character was called Mizzi Zirsky
- ^ "The dancing Vienna". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , October 15, 1927, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).