20 Jul 1936
The Emperor of California
The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848.
Immortal Waltz
Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as composers.
Top Billed Cast
Paul Hörbiger Johann Strauß Vater
Dagny Servaes Anna Strauß Mutter
Maria Andergast Lina Strauß
Friedl Czepa Regine Endlweber
Gretl Theimer Emilie Trampusch
Fred Liewehr Johann Strauß Sohn
Hans Holt Josef Strauß
Fritz Lehmann Eduard Strauß
Karl Skraup Amon - Konzertmeister
Siegfried Breuer 
Rudolf Carl Piscatschek
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer Aufwartefrau
Fritz Imhoff Sigrista
Ernst Nadherny Kurdirektor
Wilhelm Schich Haslinger
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