The Love Waltz

The Love Waltz is a 1930 German English language musical film directed by Carl Winston and starring Lilian Harvey, Georg Alexander and John Batten. It is the English-language version of Waltz of Love (1930) which also starred Harvey.

The Love Waltz
Directed by	Carl Winston
Written by	Robert Liebmann Hans Müller
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lilian Harvey Georg Alexander John Batten Gertrud de Lalsky
Cinematography	Werner Brandes Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	British International Pictures
Release date	23 July 1930 (1930-07-23)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English

Following the introduction of sound films, a large number of multi-language versions (MLVs) were made by UFA to allow its films to reach the lucrative British and American markets. The film was produced by Erich Pommer who took an interest in MLVs.^[1] The film was part of a transitional stage in the development of MLVs as they moved from direct translations into more varied products tailored to individual markets.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Princess Eva
• Georg Alexander as Grandduke Peter Ferdinand
• John Batten as Bobby Fould
• Gertrud de Lalsky as Grandduchess Melanie
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Lord Chamberlain
• Hans Junkermann as Fould, Bobby's Father
• Lilian Mower as Duchess zu Lauenburg
• C. Hooper Trask as Dr. Popper
• Mildred Wayne as Dolly

References

1. Bergfelder & Cargnelli p. 49

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-019-7.
• Hardt, Ursula (1996). From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-930-7.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Love Waltz at IMDb