Dancing Vienna
| Dancing Vienna | |
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Alfred Abel and Lya Mara in an advertising poster for the film. | |
| German | Das tanzende Wien |
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| Directed by | Frederic Zelnik |
| Written by | Fanny Carlsen Willy Haas |
| Produced by | Frederic Zelnik |
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| Cinematography | Frederik Fuglsang |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | First National Pictures (through Warner Bros. Pictures) |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Dancing Vienna (German: Das tanzende Wien) is a 1927 German silent and synchronized sound comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Ben Lyon, Lya Mara and Alfred Abel. The film was produced by Defu Company of Berlin, an American production unit associated with First National Pictures, Inc. A sound version was also prepared in 1928 by First National Pictures for release in the United States and this version was the one was seen by most audiences. This sound version went into general release on January 13, 1929. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process.
The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew, Ferdinand Bellan and Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna. It was one of several prototypes of the Heimatfilm made by Zelnik in the 1920s. The film was intended as a loose sequel to Zelnik's The Blue Danube (1926).