The Last Waltz (1936 French film) explained

The Last Waltz
Director:	Leo Mittler
Cinematography:	Léonce-Henri Burel
Editing:	Laslo Benedek
Studio:	Warwick Film Productions
Language:	French

The Last Waltz (French:La dernière valse) is a 1936 French-British operetta film directed by Leo Mittler, and starring Jean Martinelli, Jarmila Novotna, and Armand Bernard.^[1] It was based on the 1920 operetta The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. A separate version was also released in Britain.

Cast

• Jean Martinelli as Le comte Dimitri
• Jarmila Novotna as La comtesse Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
• Armand Bernard as Le vieux général
• Gerald Barry as Le prince Paul
• Josephine Huntley Wright as Babouchka
  • • • • • • • • • Alla Donell Gautier-Sylla Robert Goupil Robert Guillon Betty Huntley-Wright Charlotte Lysès Marthe Mellot Pierre Piérade Paul Sheridan Nora Souané

See also

• The Last Waltz (1927)
• The Last Waltz (1934)
• The Last Waltz (UK, 1936)
• The Last Waltz (1953)

Bibliography

• Kristian Feigelson. Caméra politique: cinéma et stalinisme. Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Feigelson p.47