Dancing Vienna
Dancing Vienna (German: Das tanzende Wien) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Ben Lyon and Alfred Abel. The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Ferdinand Bellan and Erich Kettelhut. It was one of several prototypes of the Heimatfilm made by Zelnik in the 1920s.[1] The film was intended as a loose sequel to Zelnik's The Blue Danube (1926).
| Dancing Vienna | |
|---|---|
 Alfred Abel and Lya Mara in an advertising poster for the film. | |
| Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Produced by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Written by | Fanny Carlsen Willy Haas |
| Starring | Lya Mara Ben Lyon Alfred Abel Eugen Burg |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography | Frederik Fuglsang |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date | 1 October 1927 |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
Cast
- Lya Mara as Komtesse Frizzi Zirsky
- Ben Lyon as Jonny Conzaga
- Alfred Abel as Dichter
- Eugen Burg as Kaiser Franz Josef
- Albert Paulig as Kaisers Adjutant
- Julius Falkenstein as Graf Zirsky
- Gustav Charle as Konstantin, Diener bei Zirskys
- Arthur Kraußneck as Wirt vom 'Eisvogel'
- Kurt Gerron as Ein Feuerwehrmann
- Hermann Picha as Ein Musiker
- Hans Wassmann as Petrus
- Andreas Van Horn as Johann Strauß
- Olga Engl as Gräfin Zirsky
- Arnold Korff as Carl Conzaga
- Georg Burghardt as Sekretär bei Conzaga
- Gyula Szőreghy
References
- Prawer p.208
Bibliography
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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