The Love Waltz
- Comedy
Overview
Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 23, 1930
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- UFA
- Cast
- Lilian Harvey,Georg Alexander,John Batten,Gertrud de Lalsky,Karl Ludwig Diehl,Hans Junkermann,Lilian Mower,C. Hooper Trask,Mildred Wayne
- Director
- Wilhelm Thiele
- Writer
- Robert Liebmann,Hans Müller
- Producer
- Erich Pommer
- Cinematography
- Konstantin Irmen-Tschet,Werner Brandes
- Music
- Werner R. Heymann
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0130828