The Congress Dances

The Congress Dances

94 mins | Comedy, History | Sept. 29, 1931

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.

The Congress Dances

94 mins | Comedy, History | Sept. 29, 1931

The Congress Dances
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Der Kongress tanzt
Directors Paul Martin, Erik Charell
Writers Norbert Falk, Robert Liebmann

Cast

Lilian Harvey

as Christel Weinzinger

Willy Fritsch

as Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky

Otto Wallburg

as Bibikoff, sein Adjutant

Conrad Veidt

as Fürst Metternich

Carl-Heinz Schroth

as Pepi, sein Sekretär

Lil Dagover

as Komtesse

Alfred Abel

as König von Sachsen

Adele Sandrock

as Fürstin

Paul Hörbiger

as Heurigensänger

Eugen Rex

as Sächsischer Gesandter

Alfred Gerasch

as Französischer Gesandter

Margarete Kupfer

as Gräfin

Julius Falkenstein

as Finanzminister

Max Gülstorff

as Bürgermeister von Wien

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

as Napoleon

Sergius Sax

as Russischer Diener