Viennese Girls (1949)
Begun in Austria in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the minor Austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance.
Director: Willi Forst
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Willi Forst as Carl Michael Ziehrer |
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Dora Komar as Mitzi |
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Judith Holzmeister as Klara, seine Tochter |
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Hans Moser as Engelbert |
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Curd Jürgens as Graf Lechenberg |
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Anton Edthofer as Hofrat Munk |
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Vera Schmid as Liesl |
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Hilde Foeda as Gretl, seine Tochter |
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Edmund Schellhammer as Johann Strauß |
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Leopold Hainisch as Karl Haslinger |
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Lizzi Holzschuh as Mrs. Haslinger |
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Friedl Haerlin as Mrs. Strauß |
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Hansi Stork as Fürstin Pauline Metternich |
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Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Ziehrer sen. |
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Hedwig Bleibtreu as Lisi |
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Fred Liewehr as John Cross |
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Alfred Neugebauer as Exposition director |
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André Mattoni as His secretary |
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Fritz Imhoff as Paradeiser |
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Max Gülstorff as Theatre director |
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Hilde Konetzni as Singer of 'Die schönsten Mädeln leben in Wien' |
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Vienna Philharmonic as Orchester |
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Peter Norman as Singer (uncredited) |
| Directing | Willi Forst | Director |
| Writing | Willi Forst | Writer |
| Writing | Franz Gribitz | Writer |
| Production | Willi Forst | Producer |
| Editing | Hans Wolff | Editor |
| Editing | Hermann Leitner | Editor |
| Editing | Josefine Ramerstorfer | Editor |
| Sound | Willy Schmidt-Gentner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Karl Pauspertl | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jan Stallich | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Schneeberger | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hannes Staudinger | Director of Photography |