The Emperor Waltz (1948)

Director: Billy Wilder

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.

Cast

Bing Crosby

Virgil Smith

Joan Fontaine

Johanna Augusta Franziska

Roland Culver

Baron Holenia

Lucile Watson

Princesse Bitotska

Richard Haydn

l'empereur François-Joseph

Harold Vermilyea

Chamberlain

Sig Ruman

Dr. Zwieback

Julia Dean

Archduchess Stephanie

Bert Prival

Chauffeur

Alma Macrorie

Inn Proprietress