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The Emperor Waltz was inspired by a real-life incident involving Franz Joseph I of Austria. Filmed in Jasper National Park in Canada, [ 6 ] the picture premiered in London, Los Angeles, and New York in the spring of 1948, and was officially released in the United States July 2, 1948.
The Emperor Waltz: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson. A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1948-07-02
The Emperor Waltz: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson. A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
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The Emperor Waltz (1948) - The film takes place in the Alps but was actually filmed at Jasper National Park in Canada.
The Emperor Waltz was inspired by a real-life incident involving Franz Joseph I of Austria. Filmed in Jasper National Park in Canada, the picture premiered in London, Los Angeles, and New York in the spring of 1948, and was officially released in the United States July 2, 1948.
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Overview. At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity in Austria.
