Court Waltzes

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Court Waltzes
Court Waltzes.jpg
Directed by
Written by
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Starring
Cinematography Carl Hoffmann
Edited by Willy Zeyn
Music by Alois Melichar
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 12 December 1933 (1933-12-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Language French

Court Waltzes (French : La guerre des valses) is a 1933 musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and Raoul Ploquin and starring Fernand Gravey, Armand Dranem and Madeleine Ozeray. It was the French-language version of Waltz War , made by the German studio UFA and also directed by Berger. [1] In the early years of sound it was common to shoot completely separate versions of films in different languages before dubbing became more established. This movie was part of a trend of operetta films released during the decade.

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  1. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 195

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