Waltzes from Vienna

Waltzes from Vienna
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by	Guy Bolton Alma Reville
Based on	Walzer aus Wien by Alfred Maria Willner Heinz Reichert Ernst Marischka
Produced by	Tom Arnold
Starring	Esmond Knight Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn Fay Compton
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams
Music by	Hubert Bath Julius Bittner Erich Wolfgang Korngold Louis Levy
Production companies	Gaumont British Tom Arnold Films
Distributed by	Gaumont British
Release date	March 7, 1934 (1934-03-07) (UK)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Waltzes from Vienna is a 1934 British biographical film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, sometimes known as Strauss' Great Waltz. It was part of the cycle of operetta films made in Britain during the 1930s.

Hitchcock's film is based on the stage musical Waltzes from Vienna, which premiered in Vienna in October 1930. With a libretto by A. M. Willner, Heinz Reichert and Ernst Marischka, this stage production contains music by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, selected and arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner into discrete musical numbers.^[1] Hitchcock, however, did not include these musical numbers in his film. In addition, he changed the end of the story. In the stage musical, Resi, the baker's daughter, decides that her father's apprentice, Leopold, will make a more suitable husband than the composer, Schani (Johann Strauss II). By contrast, Hitchcock's film rendition ends with Resi and Schani declaring their love for each other.