Royal Waltz

{{Short description|1936 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Royal Waltz | image = Royal Waltz.jpg | caption = | director = Jean Grémillon | producer = Karl Ritter | writer = {{ubl|Emil Burri|Walter Forster|Henri Falk}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Henri Garat|Renée Saint-Cyr|Christian-Gérard}} | music = Franz Doelle | cinematography =Konstantin Irmen-Tschet | editing = Klaus Stapenhorst | studio = UFA | distributor = ACE | released = {{Film date|1936|01|03|df=yes}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = {{ubl|France|Germany}} | language = French | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Royal Waltz''''' (French: '''''Valse royale''''') is a 1936 French-German historical film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Henri Garat, Renée Saint-Cyr and Christian-Gérard.<ref>Crisp p.409</ref>

It is the French-language version of the German film ''Königswalzer'', made in Berlin by UFA. The film's art direction was by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. Raoul Ploquin, who specialised in co-productions acted as supervisor.

==Synopsis== In Munich in 1852 Michel de Thalberg, the Austrian envoy to arrange a dynastic marriage with Bavaria falls in love but finds his plans thwarted until he is assisted by the intervention of Princess Elisabeth.

==Cast== * Henri Garat as Michel de Thalberg * Renée Saint-Cyr as Thérèse Tomasoni * Christian-Gérard as Pilou * Adrien Le Gallo as Le roi Max de Bavière * Mila Parély as Annie Tomasini * Bernard Lancret as L'empereur François Joseph d'Autriche * Alla Donell as La princesse Elisabeth de Bavière, nommée Sissi * Gustave Gallet as Ludwig Tomasoni * Lucien Dayle as Gargamus * Geymond Vital as René * Edmond Beauchamp as Maps * Georges Prieur as Le comte Thalberg * Jean Aymé as de Borney * Gaston Dubosc * Georgette Lamoureux

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0194496}}

Category:1936 films Category:1936 multilingual films Category:1930s historical musical films Category:French historical musical films Category:German historical musical films Category:1936 French-language films Category:Films directed by Jean Grémillon Category:Films set in the 1850s Category:Films set in Austria Category:Films set in Bavaria Category:French multilingual films Category:UFA GmbH films Category:German black-and-white films Category:French black-and-white films Category:Films set in the Austrian Empire Category:1936 French films Category:1936 German films Category:Films scored by Franz Doelle Category:Films about Empress Elisabeth of Austria