Vienna, Austria, late 1870s. After suffering an irreparable misfortune, the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-99), the Waltz King, falls in love with a ballet dancer, which disappoints the famous operetta singer Marie Geistinger…
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The people behind it
Alfred Jerger
Johann Strauss
Lizzi Holzschuh
Lily Dietrich
Maria Paudler
Maria Geistinger
Leo Slezak
Publisher Haslinger
Sylvia de Bettini
Hans Homma
The Theater Director
Kurt Lessen
Genee - The Librettist
Eduard Wesener
Ferrandt
Iris Arlan
Fini
Rudolf Carl
Stephan - The Butler
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