Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Fantastic!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Great movie that portrays perfectly the era of Franz Joseph I of Austria, and his revolution, although not accurately portrays the composer's biography, (Hollywood never portrays in his movies biographical their true history, altering them for economic and commercial reasons), and such is the case, nevertheless, this wonderful production of the Metro, which shine over all, erecting an actress dominant from start to finish, the great, the incomparable dramatic soprano voice Miliza Korjus, whose presence with overwhelming smile in the main figure of this unforgettable production. beside Fernand Gravey as Johann Strauss is excellent, and as his wife the unforgettable Luise Rainer of "The Good Earth" and "The Great Ziegfeld". brightly made ​​film, and with great merit Oscar winner for best picture. in my opinion is the best musical of all time. note 10 regards

Beautiful music interwoven throughout a standard script. The Vienesse Teardrop does well enough in her stock role of the long suffering put upon wife and as always she cries beautifully but Fernand Gravey is flat in the lead. The kind of picture where Strauss can compose Tales from the Vienna Woods just by taking a carriage ride through them with Miliza Korjus happily trilling away and suddenly without any struggle whatsoever have the whole thing ready for a performance at the end of said ride! A great deal of Strauss' music is here so that is a tremendous inducement but there is also quite a bit of operatic singing, if that's your cup of tea great, all others beware.

Am one of the few critics who was disappointed by 1938's "The Great Waltz." While it is true that the music is wonderful, it also must be noted that the first part of the film is rather dull.Luise Rainer came into this film after back to back Oscar wins in 1936 and 1937. At the beginning of the film, her behavior is rather churlish. That laughter that she displays is outright annoying. It is only when she is married to Strauss that she shows maturity and her performance becomes better.Miliza Korjus, a wonderful opera singer, sings beautifully here but when she speaks, I thought I was viewing a comedy. Ms. Korjus reminded me of a Bette Midler talking like the late comedienne Martha Raye or as Katina Paxinou did in "Mourning Becomes Electra" in 1947.The picture takes place during the backdrop of the various revolutions circa 1848. As far as this film was concerned, I never saw a revolution go by so quickly.The film basically deals with the romance between Strauss (an appealing Fernand Gravet) and Carla Donner (Ms. Korjus- who acts more like a Prima Dona here).It is ironic that the film did little to enhance the careers of Gravet, Rainer and Korjus. Korjus never made another American film despite her Oscar nomination as best supporting actress. After a series of flops, Rainer was washed up in films by 1942 and who ever heard of Gravet again?

A very long time ago, I gave up on Hollywood being accurate with biographies let alone bios of composers! So, tonight I sat down to watch TCM's Guest Programmer by a REAL operatic diva, Renee Fleming first choice. I just cannot believe that I have lived 51 years and have never heard of this movie or even seen a snippet anywhere! In just the first exciting music sequence I was witnessing a miracle! I remember so well when the millennium's Moulin Rouge came out a few fuddy-duddy friends of mine called it outrageous because of its frenetic pace! (Apparently, they had never seen THIS movie which was made in 1938 not in 2001!) The frenetic pace of the SUPERLATIVE cinematography alone is worthy of one viewing of this miraculously beautiful movie! All of the principal players were just so good...sure this is an old-fashioned way of acting - so what! (I tell you, some reviewers don't have any idea about the history of acting and film by the way they so trash older movies and their "quaint" ways.) Oh yes...and the music, the music, THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!! What a glorious discovery! I thank Renee, Robert, TCM and Charles Nelson Reilly (wherever he is) for recommending this movie to Renee! If you don't like this - then you need medical checkup quickly!