The heavenly waltz

Movie
Original title	The heavenly waltz
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Publishing year	1948
length	93 minutes
Rod
Director	Géza from Cziffra
script	Géza from Cziffra
production	Cziffra-Film GmbH, Vienna (Géza von Cziffra)
music	Alois Melichar Ludwig Schmidseder
camera	Ludwig Berger
cut	Henny Brünsch
occupation
Elfie Mayerhofer : Angel Angelika Paul Hubschmid : Hans Lieven Curd Jürgens : Clemens Maria Weidenauer Paul Kemp : Uncle Spaatz Petra Trautmann : Gaby Gretl Schörg : singer Lillian Lord Hans Olden : Director Haller Herbert Schill : composer Caesar Martens Inge Konradi : Angel Beate Harry Fuss : Angel Raphael Fritz Imhoff : Stage porter Herditschka

The Heavenly Waltz is an Austrian fiction film by director Géza von Cziffra from 1948. It is set in heaven and in Vienna .

action

The angels revolt in heaven against their boring robes. They want to wear chic clothes, just like people do. The angel Angelika is sent to earth to look around at the fashion king Clemens Maria Weidenauer in Vienna .

When he sees Angelika, he is horrified at the uninspired nature of her angel costume and accidentally rips off one of her wings. Now she cannot go back to heaven unless she does a good deed.

There she meets the young composer Hans Lieven, who is so taken with her voice that he gets her an engagement at the theater. She was very successful, so Lieven was asked to compose a waltz for her next performance. But he doesn't want to make the big hit. He falls asleep from exhaustion. When he wakes up again, the notes for the “Heavenly Waltz” are next to him. Angel Angelica has now done her good deed and can go back to heaven. But when the angels bring her new wings, she decides for the earth and love.

Production notes

The film was shot in the Vienna-Severing studio, the exterior shots were taken in Vienna. The world premiere took place on September 4, 1948 in Neustadt an der Haardt . The heavenly waltz was at the IX. Shown at the Venice International Film Festival .

Web links

• The heavenly waltz at filmportal.de
• Heavenly Waltz in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Heavenly Waltz. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed April 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946–1955 , p. 24 f.