Waltzes from Vienna (Strauss' Great Waltz)

Waltzes from Vienna (Strauss' Great Waltz) (1933)

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Anxious to finish off his contract with British International Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock agreed to direct Waltzes from Vienna, a schmaltzy musical about "waltz king" Joseph Strauss and his son Joseph Jr. Edmund Gwenn stars as the elder Strauss, with Esmond Knight as his talented progeny.… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Guy Bolton, Heinz Reichert
Genres
Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1933 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This anomaly of a musical biopic is one of Hitchcock's few weak films that even he did not like.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    The perception of it as a fumbled trifle is dismissed as soon as Hitchcock lays out the artist's dilemma, the kind that would keep hounding him: "Either you're a musician, or a confectioner."

  • , Film4

    A soppy, ineffectual musical.

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  • Anthony L


    Waltzes from Vienna has hints of Hitchcock's greatness. His use of light and shadow, his signature cuts and compositions and his sense of humour are all present here but they haven't quite reached their full potential, or at least it's not as good as we know was yet to… More

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