Congress of Love

Congress of Love

Comedy | March 18, 1966

Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.

Congress of Love

Comedy | March 18, 1966

Congress of Love
Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.
Producers Wiener Stadthalle-Station Betriebs-und Produktionsgesellschaft, Melodie Film, Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques (CFPC)
Original title Der Kongreß amüsiert sich
Directors Géza von Radványi
Writers Hans Habe, Aldo von Pinelli, Géza von Radványi, Fred Denger

Cast

Curd Jürgens

as Zar Alexander I. von Russland

Lilli Palmer

as Fürstin Metternich

Hannes Messemer

as Fürst Metternich

Walter Slezak

as Der 'Ewige Wiener'

Paul Meurisse

as Talleyrand

Françoise Arnoul

as Gräfin Kopinskaja

Wolfgang Kieling

as Napoleons Doppelgänger

Gustav Knuth

as Stefans Vater

Brett Halsey

as Baron Stefan Abonyi

Kurt Meisel

as Juwelier Semmelbein

Lukas Ammann

as Friedrich von Gentz

Franz Muxeneder

as Räuberhauptmann Grasl

Helga Anders

as Anni Leithner

Hannelore Bollmann

as Herzogin von Sagan

Herbert Fux

as Sekretär von Gentz

Else Rambausek

as Zofe bei Rosa

Hannes Schiel

as Emperor Franz Josef

Ingeborg Gruber

as Steffi