Viennese Girls
Viennese Girls (German: Wiener Mädeln) is a 1945 historical musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Anton Edthofer and Judith Holzmeister. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It was the third film in Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" which also included Operetta (1940) and Vienna Blood (1942). The film was finished in 1945, during the closing days of the Second World War. This led to severe delays in its release, which eventually took place in 1949 in two separate versions. One was released by the Soviet-backed Sovexport in the Eastern Bloc and the other by Forst.
Plot
The composer Carl Michael Ziehrer produces twenty two operettas during his career, although he is overshadowed by the more successful Strauss Family (Johann Strauss I and his son Johann Strauss II).
Cast
- Alfred Neugebauer
- André Mattoni
- Anton Edthofer
- Curd Jürgens
- Dora Komarek
- Egon von Jordan
- Erik Frey
- Ferdinand Maierhofer
- Fred Liewehr
- Friedl Haerlin
- Fritz Imhoff
- Fritz Odemar
- Hans Moser
- Harry Hardt
- Hedwig Bleibtreu
- Jakob Tiedtke
- Josefine Kramer-Glöckner
- Judith Holzmeister
- Leopold Hainisch
- Lina Woiwode
- Lizzi Holzschuh
- Max Gülstorff
- Oscar Sabo
- Victor Janson
- Willi Forst
More details
author | Willi Forst |
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contentLocation | Vienna |
director | Willi Forst |
editor | Hans Wolff Hermann Leitner |
genre | historical |
keywords | carl michael ziehrer johann strauss johann strauss i johann strauss ii |
musicBy | Karl Michael Ziehrer |
producer | Willi Forst |
productionCompany | Wien-Film |
publisher | Sascha-Film |
theme | biographical musical operetta wiener |