''Waltz of Love'' (German: ''Liebeswalzer'') is a 1930

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musical film directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was shot at the

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with sets designed by the art director

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. It premiered at the

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on 7 February 1930. A separate

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version '' The Love Waltz'' was also produced.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.48

Cast

as Princess Eva *

as Bobby Fould *

as Archduke Peter Ferdinand *

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as Duchess of Lauenburg *

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as Marshal *

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as Fould *

Lotte Spira Lotte Spira (; 24 April 1883 – 17 December 1943) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in supporting roles in around seventy films. She was married to the Austrian actor Fritz Spira in 1905. In 1934 she divorced her Jewish husband ...

as Archduchess Melany * Viktor Schwanneke as Dr. Lemke *

Karl Etlinger Karl Etlinger (16 October 1879 – 8 May 1946) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946. Selected filmography * '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921) * '' The Poisoned Stream'' (1921) * '' The Films of Prin ...

as Dr. Popper *

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* Rudolf Biebrach *

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* Emmy von Stetten * Austin Egen * Gertrude De Lalsky * Lilian Mower

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. ''Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950''. Berghahn Books, 2008. * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

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