MOVIE · 1948
The Emperor Waltz
ComedyFamilyMusicalRomance106 min
An American gramophone salesman arrives in turn-of-the-century Austria with a bold plan: win Emperor Franz Joseph’s endorsement and let imperial prestige sell his product. Bing Crosby is the brash outsider at the center of the scheme, pushing his luck through a world of palaces, uniforms, and rigid court etiquette. Joan Fontaine co-stars as Billy Wilder moves the story between royal ceremony, songs, and romantic complications, building its comedy around the collision between old-world formality and American salesmanship.
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