The Emperor Waltz (1948)

The Emperor Waltz (1948) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Billy Wilder

Written By:
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett

Actors:
Bing Crosby ..... Virgil Smith
Joan Fontaine ..... Johanna Augusta Franziska
Roland Culver ..... Baron Holenia
Lucile Watson ..... Princess Bitotska
Richard Haydn ..... Emperor Franz-Josef
Harold Vermilyea ..... Chamberlain
Sig Ruman ..... Dr. Zwieback
Julia Dean ..... Archduchess Stephanie
Bert Prival ..... Chauffeur
Alma Macrorie ..... Inn Proprietress
Roberta Jonay ..... Chambermaid
John Goldsworthy ..... Obersthofmeister

Synopsis:

In Austria, the American traveling salesman Virgil Smith arrives in the palace of Emperor Franz-Joseph I with his mongrel dog Button expecting to sell one gramophone to him to promote his sales in the country. However, the guards believe he has a time-bomb and he does not succeed in his intent. When the dog Sheherazade of the widowed Countess Johanna Franziska von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg bites Button, Virgil visits her and sooner he falls in love for Johanna and Button for Sheherazade that is promised to breed with the Emperor's dog. When Virgil asks permission to marry Johanna to the Emperor, the nobleman exposes to the salesman that their difference of social classes would doom their marriage and offers a business to Virgil.

Traveling Salesman Virgil Smith wants to sell his Grammophones in pre-WWI Austria. To enhance this, he especially wants to sell one to Emperor Franz Joseph, but at first the Austrian palace guards think he is carrying a bomb. He meets the Countess Johanna von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg and after the usual misunderstandings, falls in love with her, this is especially assisted by his dog Buttons. But the relation between a Countess and an ordinary U.S. citizen cannot work in Austria, that is the Emperor's opinion. Is he wrong?

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

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