''Three Waltzes'' (French: ''Les trois valses'') is a 1938 French
historical musical film directed by
Ludwig Berger and starring
Yvonne Printemps
Yvonne Printemps (; born Yvonne Wigniolle; 25 July 1894 – 19 January 1977) was a French singer and actress who achieved stardom on stage and screen in France and internationally.
Printemps went on the stage in Paris at the age of 12, and ...
,
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company a ...
and
Henri Guisol
Henri Guisol (12 October 1904 – 11 May 1994) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1980. He enjoyed a career in French '' who done its'' and film noir
Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily t ...
.
[Diffrient p.55] It is an
operetta film
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese oper ...
, based on music by
Oscar Straus. The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Jean d'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's '' La Ronde''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Polish Jew'' (1931)
* '' Love and Luck'' (1932)
* '' ...
,
Raymond Gabutti and
Jacques Gut.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Diffrient, David Scott. ''Omnibus Films: Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
External links
*
1938 films
1930s historical musical films
French historical musical films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Ludwig Berger
Films based on operettas
Operetta films
Films set in France
Films set in the 1860s
Films set in the 1900s
Cultural depictions of Napoleon III
Cultural depictions of Sarah Bernhardt
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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