The read
A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 73%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 220 1940s romance movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Billy WilderDirector
- Charles BrackettWriter
- Billy WilderWriter
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bing CrosbyVirgil Smith
- Joan FontaineJohanna Augusta Franziska
- Roland CulverBaron Holenia
- Lucile WatsonPrincesse Bitotska
- Richard Haydnl'empereur François-Joseph
- Harold VermilyeaChamberlain
- Sig RumanDr. Zwieback
- Julia DeanArchduchess Stephanie
- Bert PrivalChauffeur
- Alma MacrorieInn Proprietress
- Roberta JonayChambermaid
- John GoldsworthyCast
Stills
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Themes
vienna, austriatraveling salesman