Strauss: The Waltz King, (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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.
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