Tales from the Vienna Woods (German: G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald) is a 1934 Austrian musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty and Leo Slezak.[1] The title refers to the waltz Tales from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss.
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German | G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald |
Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
Written by | Mary Stephans |
Starring | Magda Schneider Wolf Albach-Retty Leo Slezak |
Cinematography | Werner Brandes |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production companies | Bosser-Films Mondial-Film |
Distributed by | Lux-Film Wien Siegel-Monopolfilm (Germany) |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | German |
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, complaining primarily about the acting of Magda Schneider. Greene claimed that Slezak's "magnificent buffoonery tries to save the film," but Greene concluded that "Austrian films are born dead: horrible bright fakes from a ruined country, libellous laughter".[2]
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