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The Dancing Years (DVD) (*)

$22.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Harold French

Written By:
Ivor Novello
Warwick Ward

Actors:
Dennis Price ..... Rudi Kleiber
Gisèle Préville ..... Maria Zeitler
Patricia Dainton ..... Grete
Anthony Nicholls ..... Prince Reinaldt
Grey Blake ..... Franzl
Muriel George ..... Hatti
Olive Gilbert ..... Frau Kurt
Martin Ross ..... Tenor
Gerald Case ..... Rudi's Secretary
Carl Jaffe ..... Headwaiter
Jeremy Spenser ..... Maria's Son

Synopsis:

Premiering on stage in March 1939, Ivor Novello's enchanting musical romance set in pre-Great War Vienna became one of the most popular West End shows during the dark days of the Second World War. This radiant film adaptation proved no less popular, with Dennis Price's sensitive portrayal of the lead character winning great acclaim and Novello's score featuring a string of melodies that swept the world. The Dancing Years is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. 1910: a small band of army officers arrive at an inn on the outskirts of Vienna. It is home to Rudi Kleber, a gifted but impoverished composer, who is asked to play while they eat. Rudi plays his own composition and the officers immediately bid against each other for its purchase but a woman's voice outbids them all; it is Maria, the lovely and brilliant star of the opera...

The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.