The Love Waltz (1930)
1h 10m
Running Time
July 23, 1930Release Date
Plot.
Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).
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Cast & Crew.
Lilian Harvey
Princess Eva
Georg Alexander
Grandduke Peter Ferdinand
John Batten
Bobby Fould
Gertrud de Lalsky
Grandduchess Melanie
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Lord Chamberlain
Hans Junkermann
Fould, Bobby's Father
Lilian Mower
Duchess zu Lauenburg
C. Hooper Trask
Dr. Popper
Details.
Wiki.
The Love Waltz is a 1930 German English language musical film directed by Carl Winston and starring Lilian Harvey, Georg Alexander and John Batten. It is the English-language version of Waltz of Love (1930) which also starred Harvey.
Following the introduction of sound films, a large number of multi-language versions (MLVs) were made by UFA to allow its films to reach the lucrative British and American markets. The film was produced by Erich Pommer who took an interest in MLVs. The film was part of a transitional stage in the development of MLVs as they moved from direct translations into more varied products tailored to individual markets.