If you're feeling down, here's a cinematic antidote.
Fernand Gravey as Johann Strauss II is a delightful guide though his most famous compositions, and Milizia Korjus, whom I'd never before encountered in a film, coruscates as the coloratura diva Carla Donner, who appreciates Strauss's gifts and charm.
The resplendent waltz scenes in this work provide respite from a world of clickable detritus, with their aesthetic treasures reaching a climax in the sun-dappled, birdsong-punctuated Vienna Woods segment.
This production doesn't pretend to be historically accurate, so it's best viewed as a tutorial in joys of the classical arts. Along the way, it grapples with the dilemmas of extramarital attraction.
Released a year before "The Wizard of Oz," this film's glittery Milizia Korjus character perhaps inspired the evanescent look of Glynda, Good Witch of the West.
The movie drags a bit in its revolutionary scenes. Hey, let's leave that to "Les Miserables"!
Fernand Gravey as Johann Strauss II is a delightful guide though his most famous compositions, and Milizia Korjus, whom I'd never before encountered in a film, coruscates as the coloratura diva Carla Donner, who appreciates Strauss's gifts and charm.
The resplendent waltz scenes in this work provide respite from a world of clickable detritus, with their aesthetic treasures reaching a climax in the sun-dappled, birdsong-punctuated Vienna Woods segment.
This production doesn't pretend to be historically accurate, so it's best viewed as a tutorial in joys of the classical arts. Along the way, it grapples with the dilemmas of extramarital attraction.
Released a year before "The Wizard of Oz," this film's glittery Milizia Korjus character perhaps inspired the evanescent look of Glynda, Good Witch of the West.
The movie drags a bit in its revolutionary scenes. Hey, let's leave that to "Les Miserables"!