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Strauss Is Playing Today (German: Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.[1] It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.

Strauss Is Playing Today
German film poster
German	Heut' spielt der Strauss
Directed by	Conrad Wiene
Written by	Robert Wiene
Produced by	Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo
Starring	Alfred Abel Hermine Sterler Imre Ráday Antonie Jaeckel
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Music by	Bernard Homola
Production company	Felsom Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Fox
Release date	26 October 1928 (1928-10-26)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss father
• Hermine Sterler as Anna, his wife
• Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss son
• Antonie Jaeckel as Deisinger's wife
• Willy Schmieder as Deisinger
• Lilian Ellis as Liesl
• Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler
• Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch
• Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß
• Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch
• Eugen Neufeld as Grand Duke
• John Mylong as Mödlinger

See also

• A Waltz by Strauss (1931)

References

External links

• Strauss Is Playing Today at IMDb

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