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  1. The Emperor Waltz ( German: Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) is a 1948 American musical film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.

  2. Johann StraussEmperor Waltz Op. 437. irie1948. 82.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 39K. 6.6M views 11 years ago. Berliner Philharmoniker ...more.

    • 12 min
    • 6.7M
    • irie1948
  3. A 1948 film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine, set in turn-of-the-century Austria. It tells the story of a gramophone salesman who tries to win the heart of a countess and the endorsement of the emperor.

    • (1.9K)
    • Comedy, Musical, Romance
    • Billy Wilder
    • 1948-07-02
  4. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in 1889. The waltz was originally titled Hand in Hand and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I on the occasion of his visit to the German Emperor Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended ...

  5. Overview. At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity in Austria.

  6. Salesman Virgil Smith (Bing Crosby) is making his next big move in Austria, pushing the gramophone. He believes that if he can persuade Emperor Franz Joseph (Richard Haydn) to purchase the record...

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    • Musical, Comedy
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  8. Traveling Salesman Virgil Smith wants to sell his Grammophones in pre-WWI Austria. To enhance this, he especially wants to sell one to Emperor Franz Joseph, but at first the Austrian palace guards think he is carrying a bomb. He meets the Countess Johanna von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg and after...