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Farewell Waltz

Abschiedswalzer

1934
Germany
feature film - Biography / Music
87 min.
Location shooting / no Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Wolfgang Liebeneiner (Frédéric Chopin); Richard Romanowsky (Professor Elsner); Hanna Waag (Constantia Gladkowska); Julia Serda (Frau Gladkowska, ihre Mutter); Sybille Schmitz (George Sand); Hans Schlenck (Franz Liszt); Gustav Waldau (Friedrich Kalkbrenner); Paul Henckels (Ignaz Pleyel); Albert Hörrmann (Alfred de Musset); Erna Morena (Herzogin von Orléans); Margarethe Schön (Frau Mercier); Herbert Dirmoser (Titus); Fritz Odemar (Grabowsky, Kaufmann); Walter Gross (Kellner); Veit Harlan; Maria Hofen; Karl Morvilius; Claire Reigbert; Josef Reithofer; Michael von Newlinski; Hans Schulz; Otto Stoeckel

Direction

Director: Géza von Bolváry

Assistant director: Walther von Ostmann

Writing

Screenplay: Ernst Marischka

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Werner Brandes

Still photographer: Rudolf Brix

Decor

Production design: Emil Hasler; Artur Schwarz

Prop master: Eduard Brenner; Heinz Hegel

Make-up artist: Oskar Georgi; Willi Grabow

Wardrobe: Franz Lübeck; Helene Hübele; Hans Kothe

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Hermann Haller

Sound: Erich Lange

Music

Music: Alois Melichar

Music based on: Frédéric Chopin

Conductor: Alois Melichar

Lyrics: Ernst Marischka

Production

Producer: Fritz Fromm

Unit production manager: Eduard Kubat

Location manager: Veit Massary; Willi Habantz

Companies

Production company: Boston-Films Company mbH