The Love Waltz (1930)

Özet

Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).

Oyuncular

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  Lilian Harvey

  Princess Eva

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  Georg Alexander

  Grandduke Peter Ferdinand

• John Batten

  Bobby Fould

• Gertrud de Lalsky

  Grandduchess Melanie

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  Karl Ludwig Diehl

  Lord Chamberlain

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  Hans Junkermann

  Fould, Bobby's Father

• Lilian Mower

  Duchess zu Lauenburg

• C. Hooper Trask

  Dr. Popper

• Mildred Wayne

  Dolly

Ekip

Yönetmen

Wilhelm Thiele

Hikâye / Eser

Robert Liebmann, Hans Müller

Yapımcı

Erich Pommer

Görüntü yönetmeni

Konstantin Irmen-Tschet, Werner Brandes

Müzik

Werner R. Heymann