Eternal waltz
Ewiger Walzer - long title Ewiger Walzer - women around Johann Strauss or Ewiger Walzer - The Strauss Dynasty , revival title also The Eternal Waltz - is a German biography by Paul Verhoeven from 1954.
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During a guest performance in Saint Petersburg , the women lie at Johann Strauss' feet and shower him with gifts. However, he only has eyes for young Olga, who in turn was betrothed to Gregor Alexandrovich by her parents. The father in particular is against his daughter's relationship with Johann Strauss, but changes his mind when he hears him play. Without further ado, Johann Strauss is engaged to Olga, which in turn does not suit Johann's musicians. For fear of having to leave him behind in Saint Petersburg, they kidnap him to the Austrian embassy. This is where Olga's father finally realizes that Johann Strauss and his music belong in Vienna .
In Vienna, Johann Strauss sees a mysterious lady in a café, to whom he quickly composes a melody, which his valet slips her tunic. A little later, Johann Strauss is invited to a masked ball in the villa of Baron Todesco. Here he meets the stranger again. It is about singer Henriette Treffz , who lives with Baron Todesco. She separates from Todesco and marries Johann Strauss. It is she who gets Strauss to compose operettas and is at his side when Emperor Franz Josef appoints the composer as director of the court ball. The Kaiser is delighted to have a counterpart to the French Jacques Offenbach in Strauss . When he comes to Vienna, only both composers can calm the tumult in the cafés themselves, as the supporters of both camps have loud arguments and the pieces that the café bands are supposed to play.
On the advice of his wife Maria Geistinger, Strauss casts the lead role for his operetta The Queen's Lace Scarf. He falls in love with her and is with her while his wife dies at home from a heart attack. Johann Strauss withdrew from the public with his valet. Some time later, at an evening with Princess Metternich, he played the song Brüderlein fein , performed by Alexander Girardi and the actress and singer Adele. Adele loves Johann Strauss and becomes his wife. She takes care of him when he becomes seriously ill a few years later and is by his side when he dies. On the day of his death, his brother Eduard Strauss is conducting an anniversary concert. When the valet in Leibrock tells him about the death of his brother, he interrupts the program and plays the Blue Danube Waltz . The guests of the concert slowly rise from their seats.
production
Eternal Waltz is based on a template by Hanns Marschall and Ruth Charlotte Silbermann . The film was shot in the Bavaria studios in Munich-Geiselgasteig and in Vienna . You can see the Prater , the Hofburg , Schönbrunn Palace and the Raimund Theater. The costumes were created by Herbert Ploberger , the film structures are by Franz Bi and Bruno Monden . Producer CW Tetting also took over the production management.
The Eternal Waltz premiered on December 17, 1954 in Munich . It ran for the first time on April 17, 1960 on ARD on German television and on November 15, 1969, it was also broadcast on DFF 2 on East German television. The film was released on DVD in February 2013.
Awards
The FBL awarded the film the title valuable .
criticism
The film was "Old Viennese splendor and emotion, comfortably arranged by Paul Verhoeven on the colored wide screen", was the opinion of Der Spiegel on the occasion of the film premiere in 1954. The film papers described Ewiger Walzer as a "German film that can be seen in the world ", And particularly emphasized the" lively choreography by Sabine Ress ".
The film-dienst called Ewiger Walzer a “festive, decorative production with flattering melodies and Bernard Wicki as an interesting miscast in the lead role.” For Cinema , the film was a “kitsch bio” and “opulent lard in three-quarter time”.
Web links
- Eternal Waltz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eternal waltz at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , pp. 408 f.
- ↑ New in Germany - Ewiger Waltz . In: Der Spiegel , No. 3, 1955, p. 35.
- ^ Film review of the film papers for Ewiger Walzer . Quoted from: Ewiger Waltz . In: Manfred Hobsch: love, dance and 1000 hit films . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1998, p. 119.
- ↑ Eternal Waltz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de