''Reunion in Vienna'' is a 1933 American

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romantic drama produced and distributed by

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. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars

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in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherwood.''Reunion in Vienna'' as produced on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre November 16, 1931 to July 1932, 164 performances; IBDb.com
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Plot

An archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.

Cast

as Archduke Rudolf von Habsburg *

Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard (born Dorothy Isobel Cox; 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lewisham, South London, Wynyard began her career on the stage. After performing in Liverpool and London wi ...

as Elena Krug *

Frank Morgan Francis Phillip Wuppermann (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known professionally as Frank Morgan, was an American character actor. He was best known for his appearances in films starting in the silent era in 1916, and then numerous sound ...

as Dr. Anton King *

Henry Travers Travers John Heagerty (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965), known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor who specialised in portraying slightly bumbling but amiable and likeable older men. His best known ...

as Father Krug * May Robson as Frau Lucher * Eduardo Ciannelli as Pofferoff * Una Merkel as Ilsa Hinrich * Bodil Rosing as Kathie (Krug family's maid) *Bela Loblov as Musician *Morris Nussbaum as Musician *

Nella Walker Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was an American actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, she was born and raised in Chicago. In 1910, she marrie ...

as Countess Von Stainz *Hebert Evans as Count Von Stainz ;Unbilled *

Morris Ankrum Morris Ankrum (August 28, 1897 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film character actor. Early life Ankrum was born in Danville in Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, and pursued a career in law. After graduating ...

as Bit Role * Symona Boniface as Noblewoman * John Davidson as Officer * George Davis as Waiter *

Ferdinand Gottschalk Ferdinand Gottschalk (28 February 1858 – 10 November 1944) was an English theatre and film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1917 and 1938. He was born and died in London, England. He made his first appearance on the stage in Toronto ...

as tour guide *

Tenen Holtz Tenen Holtz (born Alex Elihu Tenenholtz; February 17, 1887 – July 1, 1971) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 60 films between 1926 and 1961. Biography Holtz was born in Ozeran, Volhynia district, now in Ukraine, and came to th ...

as Tourist with Drapes *Alphonse Maartell as Nobleman * Torben Meyer as Headwaiter Strumpf *Edmund Mortimer as Tourist *Paul Porcasi as Chef * Lucien Prival as Colline, Waiter *Edward Reinach as Aristocrat *

Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage actor, stage and motion picture, film actor and film director, director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the fi ...

as Nobleman *

Rolfe Sedan Rolfe Sedan (born Edward Sedan; January 20, 1896 – September 15, 1982) was an American character actor, best known for appearing in bit parts, often uncredited, usually portraying clerks, train conductors, postmen, cooks, waiters, etc. Ea ...

as Valet *Anders Van Haden as Aristocrat *Ellinor Vanderveer as Noblewoman *Dorothy Vernon as Tourist *William von Hardenburg as Aristocrat

Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $643,000: $379,000 from the US and Canada and $264,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $134,000. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

References

External links

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''Reunion in Vienna''; allmovie.com / synopsis
1933 films American films based on plays Films directed by Sidney Franklin American romantic drama films 1933 romantic drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films set in Vienna American black-and-white films 1930s American films Films scored by William Axt {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub