Once There Was a Waltz

Once There Was a Waltz (German: Es war einmal ein Walzer) is a 1932 German operetta film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Rolf von Goth and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It premiered in Berlin on 14 April 1932. The film was remade in Britain as Where Is This Lady?, released the same year.^[1]

Once There Was a Waltz
Directed by	Victor Janson
Written by	Billy Wilder
Produced by	Gabriel Levy
Starring	Mártha Eggerth Rolf von Goth Paul Hörbiger Ernő Verebes
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner Hugo von Kaweczynski
Edited by	Ladislao Vajda
Music by	Franz Lehár
Production company	Aafa-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	14 April 1932 (1932-04-14)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Mártha Eggerth as Steffi Pirzinger
• Rolf von Goth as Rudi Moebius
• Paul Hörbiger as Franz Pirzinger
• Ernő Verebes as Gustl Linzer
• Albert Paulig as Assessor Pfennig
• Lizzi Natzler as Lucie Weidling
• Ida Wüst as Frau Generalkonsul Weidling
• Fritz Greiner as Fiakerkutscher
• Ernst Pröckl as Ein Kellner
• Paul Wrede as Silhouettenschneider
• Lina Woiwode as Frau Zacherl
• Hermann Blaß as Notar Sauerwein
• Marcel Wittrisch as Singer
• Ernst Wurmser
• Trude Rosen
• Kitty Meinhardt
• Gerta Rozan

References

1. Gemunden p. 171

Bibliography

• Gemünden, Gerd (2008). A Foreign Affair: Billy Wilder's American Films. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-418-0.
• Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

External links

• Once There Was a Waltz at IMDb