Goodbye Vienna

{{short description|1939 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name =Goodbye Vienna

| image =

| caption =

| director = Jacques Séverac

| producer =

| based_on =

| writer = Claude Gével
Herbert Selpin

| narrator =

| starring =Gustav Fröhlich
Lee Parry
Rolla Norman

| music = Johann Strauss Sr.
Johann Strauss II

| cinematography =Alphonse Lucas

| editing =

| studio =Les Grandes Exclusivités Européennes

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1939|12|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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

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.