Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube

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Movie
Original title Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube
Country of production Austria-Hungary
original language German
Publishing year 1913
length 31 to 73 minutes
Rod
Director Carl von Zeska
script Alfred Deutsch-German
Siegfried Loewy
production Anton Kolm
Luise Fleck
Jakob Fleck for Viennese art film, Vienna
music Karl Weissenböck based
on models by
Johann Strauss (son)
recorded by Alfred Grünfeld
occupation

as well as high-ranking personalities from Vienna's nobility and society: Princess Rosa Croy-Sternberg, Princess Hanna von und zu Liechtenstein, Countess Sailern, Countess Wydenbruck-Esterhazy, Prince Eduard von und zu Liechtenstein, Count Hans Wilczek, Chamber singer Erik Schmedes, Senior Government Councilor Leopold Kramer, Prof Eduard Hellmer, General Director Palmer, Countess Wilczek-Kinsky, Baroness Königswater-Karczag, Baroness Maybach, Government Councilor Dr. Karl Glossy and many others.

Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube is an Austrian silent film from 1913 by and with Carl von Zeska .

action

Individual stations from the life of the Viennese waltz king Johann Strauss are depicted, like a splendid sheet of pictures, rich in costumes and outfits . Interesting insights into stage productions and operetta scenes based on Strauss models that were still legitimized by Strauss at that time are provided. "This also clearly conveys the performance practice of that time, above all the vignettes with the advertising song and from the Gypsy Baron ", as it says in an accompanying text from the Austrian Film Archive.

Production notes

Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube was created in the summer and autumn of 1913 in Vienna and the surrounding area (Stadtpark, Donau, Prater). The festive premiere took place on November 20, 1913 in the opera cinema. At the time, the film was considered a prestigious large-scale production, the only one in Austria-Hungary before the First World War , along with The Millionuncle .

The production cost was 100,000 crowns .

The director Hofrat Carl von Zeska (after 1918: Carl or Karl Zeska) was a native of Hamburg who had been an actor in the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble since September 1892 .

The important pianist, music teacher and Strauss connoisseur Alfred Grünfeld not only gave concerts in the film, but also live on the grand piano at the premiere.

Princess Rosa Croy-Sternberg, who can also be seen in the film, was the chairman of the committee for the erection of a Johann Strauss monument , which was not completed until 1921 after years of delays, most recently due to the First World War . Co-author Siegfried Loewy was also considered a great proponent of a monument in honor of the composer. The proceeds from the film screening for the invited audience were used to finance this monument.

Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube certainly met with criticism at its premiere - not because of the poor quality, but rather because of the fact that Strauss' death was only 14 years ago and many viewers still attended performances with the master himself.

The film was thought to be lost for a long time. It was not until the new millennium that a largely preserved copy could be found in the Moscow film archive Gosfilmofond .

reception

On November 21, 1913, Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported on the reception by the invited audience in a special performance: “The cinematic biography of the Waltz King, the dress rehearsal of which we have already reported, and the tastefully compiled accompaniment from Johann Strauss works by the composer Richard Grünfeld Friendly appreciation from the audience, who gave the chamber virtuoso Alfred Grünfeld a lively ovation after the 'Spring Voices' waltz in the social scene. "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Fritz ' The Austrian Feature Films of the Silent Film Era (1907-1930) , Vienna 1967, gives the lengths 864 to 2000 meters
  2. ↑ [1] Reference to oe1.orf.at, accessed on October 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Johann Strauss on the beautiful blue Danube". In:  Neue Freie Presse , November 21, 1913, p. 12 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp

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