Overview
"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
- Yvonne Printemps as Fanny, Yvette & Irène Grandpré
- Pierre Fresnay as Octave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey
- Henri Guisol as Brunner Jr.
- Jean Périer as President Lebrun
- Pierre Stéphen as Journalist
- Robert Vattier as Director
- Jeanne Helbling as Empress Eugénie
- Max Maxudian as Napoléon III
- Georges Cahuzac as Actor playing the Emperor
- Adolf E. Licho as Producer