The Last Waltz (1953)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last waltz |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 96, 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16, later 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| script | Curt Johannes Braun |
| production |
Günther Stapenhorst Otto Lehmann |
| music | Bruno Uher (adapted from Oscar Straus ' operetta) |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Margot von Schlieffen |
| occupation | |
and Ferdinand Anton , Arno Ebert , Hans Elwenspoek , Karl-Heinz Peters , Fritz Lafontaine , Alexander Cant , Ernst Rotmund , Jochen Diestelmann , Ernst Bröder , Jaspar von Oertzen | |
The Last Waltz is a German costume and fiction film romance from 1953 by Arthur Maria Rabenalt with Curd Jürgens and Eva Bartok in the leading roles. The story is accompanied by operetta melodies from the pen of Oscar Straus .
action
Russia, in tsarist times. During a splendid ball in what was then the Russian city of Warsaw, the dashing and neat Rittmeister Dimitri Sarassow met the Baroness Vera Opalinski. You dance together, you flirt and you find pleasure in each other. This is very displeasing to the jealous Prince Paul, who himself has had an eye on the racy, impoverished noblewoman. Paul tries everything to separate Vera and Dimitri, and one day the Rittmeister actually disappears from the life of the baroness. Vera has no idea that Paul had Dimitri arrested because the Rittmeister stepped in when the uncle of the then Russian Tsar Vera was all too intrusive in a salon to attack the baroness. Captain Sarassov is even threatened with execution, and Vera is forced into a marriage with the unloved General Krasinski. In the end Dimitri only asks for one last waltz with Vera Opalinski, then the Rittmeister disappears from the scene.
That was all a few years ago. The First World War and then the Revolution, the tsar was overthrown and murdered, and Vera Opalinski went into exile in Paris. But she had never given up the search for her stormy love of yore. In the meantime, Vera has risen to the star of the Folies Bergères in the French capital with her wonderful singing voice. Vera sets heaven and hell in motion to find Dimitri: While negotiations are pending for a guest tour to the United States, Vera's new PR agent asks about her biography. Articles in US newspapers are supposed to help her find Dimitri. Ultimately, all of your efforts lead to success. Dimitri Sarassow, with a lot of luck, survived the past few years and was also stranded in Paris, the city of love. Here he earns his living as a taxi driver. The two lovers reunite.
Production notes
The last waltz was composed between April 20 and June 2, 1953 in the Rheingau, at Vollrads Castle, in Wiesbaden and Munich and was premiered on August 21, 1953 in Salzburg. The German premiere was six days later. The film was shown for the first time in Berlin on October 12, 1953.
Otto Lehmann and Kurt Hartmann took over production management. Max Mellin designed the film structures implemented by Wolf Englert . Herbert Ploberger was responsible for the extensive costumes.
The then 15-year-old Karin Dor is said to have worked here as an unnamed extra.
The same film material was implemented under the same title by Georg Jacoby as early as 1934.
useful information
The film marked the beginning of a stormy love affair between Eva Bartok and Curd Jürgens that was widely published in the mid-1950s and which culminated in their marriage in 1955. However, this only lasted 15 months.
Reviews
In the lexicon of international films it says: "Halfway lively, remake of the romantic Oscar Straus operetta carried by the popular melodies."
For Cinema -Online this was a “nostalgic song revue”
Individual evidence
- ↑ The last waltz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Short review on cinema.de
Web links
- The Last Waltz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last waltz at filmportal.de