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The Congress Dances is a film of genre Comedy directed by Erik Charell released in USA on 25 april 1932 with Lilian Harvey

The Congress Dances (1931)

The Congress Dances
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Released in USA 25 april 1932
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Genres Comedy,    Historical,    Musical
Rating66% 3.315273.315273.315273.315273.31527

Congress Dances is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Erik Charell and starring Lilian Harvey, Conrad Veidt and Henri Garat. It was an English-language version of the German film Der Kongreß tanzt. A separate French-language version Le congrès s'amuse was also made. It is centered on the Congress of Vienna, where an Austrian commoner is mistaken for the Tsar of Russia.

Synopsis

Christl, vendeuse de gants à Vienne, tombe amoureuse du tsar Alexandre. Metternich tente de s'en servir pour l'écarter des conférences du Congrès de Vienne de 1815.

Actors

Lilian Harvey

(Christel Weinzinger)Willy Fritsch

(Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky)Conrad Veidt

(Fürst Metternich)Otto Wallburg

(Bibikoff, sein Adjutant)Carl-Heinz Schroth

(Pepi, sein Sekretär)
And :
Lil Dagover
Gibb McLaughlin
Reginald Purdell
Alfred Abel
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