A Waltz Dream (film)
{{Short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Waltz Dream
| image = Matejko, Ein Walzertraum 1, 1925.jpg
| caption = German poster
| director = Ludwig Berger
| producer = Erich Pommer
| writer = Hans Müller-Einigen (novella)
{{Interlanguage link|Leopold Jacobson|de}} (libretto)
{{Interlanguage link|Felix Dörmann|de}} (libretto)
Robert Liebmann
Norbert Falk
| narrator =
| starring = Willy Fritsch
Mady Christians
Xenia Desni
Lydia Potechina
| music = Oscar Straus (operetta)
Erno Rapee
| editing =
| cinematography = Werner Brandes
| studio = UFA
| distributor = UFA
| released = {{Film date|1925|12|10|df=yes}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = Silent
German intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
A Waltz Dream (German: Ein Walzertraum) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Willy Fritsch, Mady Christians and Xenia Desni. It was based on the 1907 operetta Ein Walzertraum composed by Oscar Straus. It was influential on the development of later Viennese operetta films.Kreimeier p.101 Unlike many of UFA's ambitious productions of the 1920s, A Waltz Dream managed to recover its production cost in the domestic market alone.Hardt p.77
The film's art direction was by Rudolf Bamberger.
Cast
- Willy Fritsch as Nicholas Count Preyn
- Mady Christians as Princess Alix
- Xenia Desni as Franzi Steingruber
- Lydia Potechina as Steffi, Bassistin
- Mathilde Sussin as Frl. von Koeckeritz
- Karl Beckersachs as Archduke Peter Franz
- Julius Falkenstein as Rockhoff von Hoffrock
- Hans Brausewetter as Der Pikkolo
- Jakob Tiedtke as Eberhard XXIII von Flausenthurm
- Lucie Höflich
References
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Bibliography
- Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0016499}}
{{Ludwig Berger}}
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Category:Silent German drama films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Ludwig Berger
Category:Films based on operettas
Category:Films set in the 1910s
Category:Films scored by Oscar Straus
Category:Films scored by Ernö Rapée
Category:Films produced by Erich Pommer
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1920s German-language films
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