Goodbye Vienna
{{short description|1939 film}}
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| director = Jacques Séverac
| producer =
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| writer = Claude Gével
Herbert Selpin
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| starring =Gustav Fröhlich
Lee Parry
Rolla Norman
| music = Johann Strauss Sr.
Johann Strauss II
| cinematography =Alphonse Lucas
| editing =
| studio =Les Grandes Exclusivités Européennes
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| released = {{Film date|1939|12|22|df=yes}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
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Goodbye Vienna (French: Adieu Vienne) is a 1939 French musical film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Lee Parry and Rolla Norman.Crisp p.447Bessy & Chirat p.439https://www.unifrance.org/film/42087/adieu-vienne It received a very limited release, possibly due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Synopsis
An Austrian exile living in Paris encounters Lisl, a fellow countrymen, who is singing in a cabaret. He recounts the story of Johann Strauss and his father.
Cast
- Gustav Fröhlich as Franz Mansfield
- Lee Parry as Lisl Heinzel
- Rolla Norman
- Edith Gallia
- Françoise Christian
- Claire Vervin
- Jacques Maurice
- Gaby Rio
- Francine Roche
- Michèle Roger
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0238821}}
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Category:1930s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Jacques Séverac
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