''Three Waltzes'' (French: ''Les trois valses'') is a 1938 French

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directed by Ludwig Berger and starring

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and

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.Diffrient p.55 It is an

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, based on music by Oscar Straus. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Jacques Gut.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Diffrient, David Scott. ''Omnibus Films: Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.

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