Congress Dances (1931)
1h 32m
Running Time
December 3, 1931Release Date
Congress Dances (1931)
1h 32m
Running Time
December 3, 1931Release Date
Plot.
In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at the Vienna Congress. English-language version of Der Kongreß tanzt.
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Cast & Crew.
Lilian Harvey
Chrystel
Conrad Veidt
Prince Metternich
Henri Garat
Alexander I
Lil Dagover
Countess
Gibb McLaughlin
Bibikoff
Reginald Purdell
Pepi
Philipp Manning
King of Saxony
Humberston Wright
Duke of Wellington
Helen Haye
Princess
Spencer Trevor
Finance Minister
Tarquini d'Or
Heurige Singer
Thomas Weguelin
Mayor of Vienna
Robert Liebmann
Script
Norbert Falk
Script
Rowland Leigh
Writer
Erik Charell
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Congress Dances is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Erik Charell and starring Lilian Harvey, Conrad Veidt and Henri Garat. It was an English-language version of the German film Der Kongreß tanzt. A separate French-language version Le congrès s'amuse was also made. It is centered on the Congress of Vienna, where an Austrian commoner is mistaken for the Tsar of Russia.
It was made at the Babelsberg Studio near Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.
It was remade in Austria in 1955 as The Congress Dances