The Great Waltz

In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II (Fernand Gravey) - 'Jonahi' to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. After he is fired from his clerical bank job because of his preoccupation with composing, he decides to follow his passion and form an orchestra. After some famed opera singers, including Carla Donner (Miliza Korjus), hear his music, they expose Johani's music to the masses, to royalty and to music publisher Julius Hofbauer (Hugh Herbert). As such, Johani becomes the toast of Vienna. With his new found musical fame, Johani's life, which includes his work in the European Revolutions, changes. He becomes torn for his love for his loving and faithful wife Poldi Vogelhuber (Luise Rainer) and his more emotionally passionate but somewhat destructive love for Carla Donner, who herself is involved with Count Anton Hohenfried (Lionel Atwill).

Leonid Kinskey

Zita Baca

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Josef von Sternberg

George Houston

William A. Boardway

Fernand Gravey

Christian Rub

Ernie Alexander

Herman Bing

Gottfried Reinhardt

Al Shean

Samuel Hoffenstein

Vicki Baum

Sig Ruman

Alma Kruger

Miliza Korjus

Victor Fleming

Walter Reisch

Greta Meyer

Julien Duvivier

Bert Roach

Curt Bois

Minna Gombell

Henry Hull

Hugh Herbert

Lionel Atwill

Luise Rainer

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