Romance ·Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 1948 · 1h 46m

The Emperor Waltz

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Director
Billy Wilder
Cast
Bing Crosby as Virgil Smith Joan Fontaine as Johanna Augusta Franziska Roland Culver as Baron Holenia Lucile Watson as Princesse Bitotska Richard Haydn as l'empereur François-Joseph Harold Vermilyea as Chamberlain
Crew
George Barnes — Director of Photography Victor Young — Original Music Composer Charles Brackett — Writer Billy Wilder — Writer Charles Brackett — Producer Edith Head — Costume Design
Tagline

Bing hits the high notes! Joan hits the love notes! You'll hit a happy note... in this king-sized muscial wonder!

Synopsis

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

Mood & Themes
vienna, austriatraveling salesman
Key Collaborators
Billy Wilder Director George Barnes Director of Photography Victor Young Original Music Composer Charles Brackett Writer Billy Wilder Writer Charles Brackett Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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