Viennese Girls (1949)

7.3/10 113 min Drama Music History

Overview

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.

Cast

Willi Forst

Carl Michael Ziehrer

Dora Komar

Mitzi

Judith Holzmeister

Klara, seine Tochter

Hans Moser

Engelbert

Curd Jürgens

Graf Lechenberg

Anton Edthofer

Hofrat Munk

Leopold Hainisch

Karl Haslinger

Lizzi Holzschuh

Mrs. Haslinger

Friedl Haerlin

Mrs. Strauß

Hedwig Bleibtreu

Lisi

Fred Liewehr

John Cross

Alfred Neugebauer

Exposition director

André Mattoni

His secretary

Fritz Imhoff

Paradeiser

Max Gülstorff

Theatre director

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