Three Waltzes (1938)

"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.

Cast (41)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Yvonne Printemps

Fanny, Yvette & Irène Grandpré

Pierre Fresnay

Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey

Henri Guisol

Brunner Jr.

Jean Périer

President Lebrun

Pierre Stéphen

Journalist

Robert Vattier

Director

J

Jeanne Helbling

Empress Eugénie

Max Maxudian

Napoléon III

Georges Cahuzac

Actor playing the Emperor

Adolf E. Licho

Producer

Paul Demange

Stage manager

Guy Sloux

Antoine

Y

Yolanda

Singer

Laure Diana

Little woman

F

France Ellys

Marquise de Chalencey

Jane Marken

Céleste

M

Missia

Dresser

Colette Régis

Sarah Bernhardt

G

Génia Vaury

Actress playing the Empress

Guillaume de Sax

Marshal

Louis-Jacques Boucot

Brunner Sr.

B

Buguet

Tenor (uncredited)

Raymond Dandy

(uncredited)

Davia

(uncredited)

J

Jean Dorane

Bellhop (uncredited)

Luce Fabiole

Cloakroom attendant (uncredited)

Pierre Ferval

(uncredited)

Gustave Gallet

Insurance agent (uncredited)

Claire Gérard

Cyprien's wife (uncredited)

A

Armand Larcher

Studio director (uncredited)

Charles Lemontier

Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Germaine Michel

Madame Morel (uncredited)

André Numès

Fireman (uncredited)

Julienne Paroli

Mother of a dancer (uncredited)

J

Jeanne Reinhardt

Little woman (uncredited)

E

Emile Roques

(uncredited)

Noël Roquevert

Customs officer at the airfield (uncredited)

Maurice Schutz

Cyprien (uncredited)

André Siméon

Theater doorman (uncredited)

L

Léo Staats

Beltramini (uncredited)

P

Pierre Vimont

Assistant (uncredited)

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