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Wikipedia article'Tales from the Vienna Woods' (German: 'G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald') is a 1934 Austrian musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty and Leo Slezak. The title refers to the waltz 'Tales from the Vienna Woods' by Johann Strauss. Cast*Magda Schneider as Milly Scheffers *Wolf Albach-Retty as Graf Rudi von Waldheim *Leo Slezak as Alois Jeremias Schopf *Georg Alexander as Prince Kiriloff *Truus Van Aalten as Mary Limford *Oscar Sabo as Pomeisl *Henry Lorenzen as Bobby Limford *Lotte Lang *Herbert Hbner *Eduard Loibner *Karl Zeska *Karl Bachmann *Karl Kneidinger ReceptionWriting for 'Night and Day' in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, complaining primarily about the acting of Magda Schneider. Greene claimed that Slezak's "magnificent buffoonery tries to save the film," but Greene concluded that "Austrian films are born dead: horrible bright fakes from a ruined country, libellous laughter". (reprinted in: References | |
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