"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.
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Cast
47 people
Yvonne Printemps
Fanny, Yvette & Irène Grandpré
Also in
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Paris Waltz
Pierre Fresnay
Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey
Known for
Le Corbeau
Grand Illusion
Ludwig Berger
Also in
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
Oscar Straus
Léopold Marchand
Barend Broekman
Henri Guisol
Brunner Jr.
Known for
Lola Montès
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Hans Muller
Jean Périer
President Lebrun
Also in
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
The Novel of Werther
Albert Willemetz
Pierre Stéphen
Journalist
Also in
Crazy in the Noodle
Raphaël le tatoué
Robert Vattier
Director
Known for
Asterix the Gaul
Marius
Ludwig Berger Director · Léopold Marchand Story Albert Willemetz Story
United States release April 24, 1939 · Produced in France · Original title Les trois valses
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Les trois valses
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 14, 1938
Theatrical
United States · April 24, 1939
Theatrical
Belgium
January 6, 1939 · Limited theatrical · Brussels
Denmark
March 11, 1940 · Theatrical
Finland
February 18, 1940 · Theatrical
Germany
February 16, 1951 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
February 27, 1939 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 28, 1939 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 15, 1940 · Theatrical
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