Movie: Viennese Girls

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Willi Forst
Willi Forst

Carl Michael Ziehrer

Dora Komar
Dora Komar

Mitzi

Judith Holzmeister
Judith Holzmeister

Klara, seine Tochter

Hans Moser
Hans Moser

Engelbert

Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens

Graf Lechenberg

Anton Edthofer
Anton Edthofer

Hofrat Munk

Vera Schmid
Vera Schmid

Liesl

Hilde Foeda
Hilde Foeda

Gretl, seine Tochter

Edmund Schellhammer
Edmund Schellhammer

Johann Strauß

Leopold Hainisch
Leopold Hainisch

Karl Haslinger

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1949-08-18

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    6

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    Deutsch

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