Brilliant Waltz
1949 film by Jean Boyer
Brilliant Waltz (French: Valse brillante) is a 1949 French musical crime film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Lucien Baroux. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
Synopsis
After a series of admirers of the singer Martha Vassary are attacked, the impresario has the idea of recruiting a famous tenor to act as her bodyguard.
Cast
Mártha Eggerth as Martha Vassary
Jan Kiepura as Jan Kovalski
Lucien Baroux as Monsieur DeBosc, impresario
Roger Tréville as Hubert de Tiffauges
Arlette Merry as Lolita
Jean Hébey as Le directeur
Jacques Mercier as Le garçon d'ascenseur
Pierre Destailles as Le voyou
Léon Berton as Paulo
Joé Davray as Un pochard
Bob Ingarao as Un pochard
Jacques Beauvais as Le maître d'hôtel
Janine Clairville
Annie Avril
References
Bibliography
Fawkes, Richard (2000). Opera on Film. London: Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2943-7.
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