Release Date: Jan 1, 1938 Wide
Release Date: Jan 1, 1938 Wide
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The Great Waltz was the first of two films bearing the same title which told the life story of Austrian "Waltz King" Johann Strauss. European singing sensation Fernard Gravet stars as Strauss, while MGM's two-time Oscar winner Luise Rainer is top-billed as Poldi Vogelhuber. Poldi is the wife of Strauss, but she is forced to sit and sulk as her husband carries on a lengthy affair with opera singer Milza Korjus (in her only American film). Husband and wife mend their differences shortly before
G, 1 hr. 42 min.
Jan 1, 1938 Wide
Feb 27, 2007
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Return with us now to those thrilling days in Vienna before the revolution and Johann Strauss (Gravet) doesn't want to be a banker but instead to write waltzes. His lifelong pal, buddy, and possible sweetheart is the long suffering, long ignored by him Rainer who simply wants to get married. Just as their plans
August 12, 2011Super Reviewer
although luise rainer was the nominal star of this film, she wasn't a musical performer. she gives a lovely performance as poldi, the maligned wife of composer johann strauss, well played also by fernand gravet. but they both take a back seat to miliza korjus, who sings the hell out of the strauss melodies and is a
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