Three Waltzes

1h 30m

5.3

"Les Trois Valses" traces the love story of two people over three eras. In the first waltz (music based on Johann Strauss I), Yvonne is a sensitive Parisian ballet dancer, whose romance with a dashing officer is brought to an abrupt end by his family. She goes off to Vienna to become a big star. In the second waltz, her daughter, an even bigger star, but now of Paris music halls, has a brief flirtation with the rakish man-about-town who is the son of suitor number one. She throws him over pretty quickly for a chance to shine at a Gala performance. Finally, in the third waltz, the two get together, when she is a movie star, and he is posing as an insurance salesman.

Cast

Yvonne Printemps

Fanny, Yvette & Irène Grandpré

Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey

President Lebrun

Pierre Stéphen

Jeanne Helbling

Empress Eugénie

Georges Cahuzac

Actor playing the Emperor

Marquise de Chalencey

Sarah Bernhardt

Actress playing the Empress

Guillaume de Sax

Louis-Jacques Boucot

Tenor (uncredited)

Bellhop (uncredited)

Cloakroom attendant (uncredited)

Insurance agent (uncredited)

Cyprien's wife (uncredited)

Studio director (uncredited)

Charles Lemontier

Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Germaine Michel

Madame Morel (uncredited)

Fireman (uncredited)

Julienne Paroli

Mother of a dancer (uncredited)

Jeanne Reinhardt

Little woman (uncredited)

Noël Roquevert

Customs officer at the airfield (uncredited)

Cyprien (uncredited)

Theater doorman (uncredited)

Beltramini (uncredited)

Assistant (uncredited)

Crew

Léopold Marchand

Albert Willemetz

Original Music Composer