The Red Danube (1949)
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(98 ratings)
One of the more palatable of Hollywood's anti-communist tracts of the late 1940s-early 1950s was MGM's The Red Danube. Janet Leigh plays Maria Buhlen, an Eastern Bloc ballerina who seeks political asylum in the British-occupied zone of Vienna. Maria's plight turns into a political… More One of the more palatable of Hollywood's anti-communist tracts of the late 1940s-early 1950s was MGM's The Red Danube. Janet Leigh plays Maria Buhlen, an Eastern Bloc ballerina who seeks political asylum in the British-occupied zone of Vienna. Maria's plight turns into a political tug-of-war involving a British colonel (Walter Pidgeon) and a Soviet colonel (Louis Calhern). Their ideological hagglings spill over into spiritualism, as represented by Mother Superior Ethel Barrymore, and romance, as personified by Maria's ardent suitor Major John McPhimister (Peter Lawford). Like earlier anti-Red cinematic exercises, The Red Danube failed to connect at the box office. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Sidney II
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 14, 1949 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
What elevates George Sidney's agit-prop feature from MGM, which reflected the Cold War mentality, is the strong acting from Walter Pidgeon and especially Ethel Barrymore
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Cast
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Walter Pidgeon
as Col. Michael "Jokey" Nicobar
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Ethel Barrymore
as Mother Superior
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Peter Lawford
as Maj. John "Twingo" McPhimister
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Angela Lansbury
as Audrey Quail
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Janet Leigh
as Maria Buhlen
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Louis Calhern
as Col. Pinier
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Melville Cooper
as Pvt. David Moonlight
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Robert Coote
as Brig. C.M.V. Catlock
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Alan Napier
as The General
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Roman Toporow
as 2nd Lt. Maxim Omansky
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Kasia Orzazewski
as Sister Kasmira
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Tamara Shayne
as Helena Nagard
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Konstantin Shayne
as Prof. Serge Bruloff
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Janine Perreau
as "Mickey" Mouse
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Argentina Brunetti
as Italian Woman
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Richard Fraser
as Pilot
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Kenneth Hunter
as Brigadier General
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Henry Kulky
as Lieutenant
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Doris Lloyd
as Mrs. Omicron
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Audrey Long
as Countess Cressanti
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John Royce
as Sergeant
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Francis L. Sullivan
as Col. Humphrey "Blinker" Omicron
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Lotus Thompson
as Woman Private
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Tito Vuolo
as Italian Billposter
