''The Royal Waltz'' (German: ''Königswalzer'') is a 1935 German

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directed by

Herbert Maisch Herbert Maisch (born 10 December 1890in Nürtingen, Württemberg, died 10 October 1974 in Köln) was a German film director. Selected filmography * '' The Royal Waltz'' (1935) * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1936) * '' Men Witho ...

and starring

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...

, Curd Jürgens, and

Carola Höhn Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress. Selected filmography Film * ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928) * '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929) * '' Youthful Ind ...

. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in

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.Klaus p.109 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Herlth Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146 Filmography * ''Masks'' (1920) * '' Island of the Dead'' (1921) * ' ...

and Walter Röhrig. A separate French-language version ''

Royal Waltz ''Royal Waltz'' (French: ''Valse royale'') is a 1936 French-German historical film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Henri Garat, Renée Saint-Cyr and Christian-Gérard.Crisp p.409 It is the French-language version of the German film '' K ...

'' was also released. It was remade in 1955 under the same title.

Synopsis

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is sent to

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to arrange the marriage between his master

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Franz Joseph and the Princess Elisabeth, the daughter of the

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Cast

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. * Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''Historical Dictionary of German Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938''. Indiana University Press, 2018 * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

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* 1935 films 1930s historical musical films German historical musical films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Herbert Maisch Films set in the 1850s German multilingual films German black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Empress Elisabeth of Austria Cultural depictions of Franz Joseph I of Austria UFA GmbH films 1935 multilingual films Films set in the Austrian Empire 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{historic-musical-film-stub