''Goodbye Vienna'' (French: ''Adieu Vienne'') is a 1939 French

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Jacques Séverac Jacques Séverac (1902–1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1928 and 1962. His film ''Children of the Sun (1962 film), Children of the Sun'' was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Selected f ...

and starring

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Friedrich Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 in fil ...

Lee Parry Lee Parry (born Mathilde Charlotte Benz, 14 January 1901 – 24 January 1977) was a German film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1939. Biography Lee Parry was born Mathilde Charlotte Benz on 14 Jan ...

and

Rolla Norman Edouard Charles Normand, best known as Rolla Norman, (1889–1971) was a French stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' (1908) * ''The Advocate'' (1925) * '' Gribiche'' (1926) * '' The Last Fort'' ( ...

.https://www.unifrance.org/film/42087/adieu-vienne It received a very limited release, possibly due to the outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Synopsis

An Austrian exile living in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

encounters Lisl, a fellow countrymen, who is singing in a

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...

. He recounts the story of

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist. He compose ...

and his father.

Cast

as Franz Mansfield *

as Lisl Heinzel *

* Edith Gallia * Françoise Christian * Claire Vervin * Jacques Maurice * Gaby Rio * Francine Roche * Michèle Roger

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1939 films French musical films 1939 musical films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films directed by Jacques Séverac Films set in Paris {{1930s-France-film-stub