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The Emperor Waltz (German: Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) is a 1948 American musical film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine. Written by Wilder and Charles Brackett, the film is about a brash American gramophone salesman in Austria at the turn of the twentieth century who tries to convince Emperor Franz Joseph to buy a gramophone so the product will gain favor with the Austrian people. The Emperor Waltz was inspired by a real-life incident involving Franz Joseph I of Austria. Filmed on location in Jasper National Park in Canada, the film premiered in London, Los Angeles, and New York in the spring of 1948, and was officially released in the United States July 2, 1948. In 1949, the film received Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Music, as well as a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Written American Musical.
Original Release
06/01/1948
US Release
06/17/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bing Crosby | Virgil Smith |
Joan Fontaine | Johanna Augusta Franziska |
Roland Culver | Baron Holenia |
Lucile Watson | Princess Bitotska / Princesse Bitotska |
Richard Haydn | Emperor Franz-Josef / l'empereur François-Joseph |
Harold Vermilyea | Chamberlain |
Sig Ruman | Dr. Zwieback |
Julia Dean | Archduchess Stephanie |
Bert Prival | Chauffeur |
Alma Macrorie | Inn Proprietress |
Directors
Writers
Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bing Crosby | Virgil Smith |
Joan Fontaine | Johanna Augusta Franziska |
Roland Culver | Baron Holenia |
Lucile Watson | Princess Bitotska / Princesse Bitotska |
Richard Haydn | Emperor Franz-Josef / l'empereur François-Joseph |
Harold Vermilyea | Chamberlain |
Sig Ruman | Dr. Zwieback |
Julia Dean | Archduchess Stephanie |
Bert Prival | Chauffeur |
Alma Macrorie | Inn Proprietress |
Roberta Jonay | Chambermaid |
John Goldsworthy | Obersthofmeister |
Harry Allen | Gamekeeper |
Gene Ashley | Tyrolean Man |
Franco Corsaro | Spanish Marques |
Paul De Corday | Hungarian Officer |
Cyril Delevanti | Diplomat |
Doris Dowling | Tyrolean Girl |
Frank Elliott | Von Usedom |
Jac Fisher | Tyrolean Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles Brackett | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1949 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Color | Nominated |
1949 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |