Roses from the South (1934 film)

Roses from the South (German: Rosen aus dem Süden) is a 1934 German historical musical film directed by Walter Janssen and starring Paul Hörbiger, Gretl Theimer and Rózsi Csikós. Location shooting took place around Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander. It is an operetta film, a popular genre during the decade. The title references the waltz of the same title composed by Johann Strauss.

Synopsis
Johann Strauss comes to the rescue of a struggling Viennese wine merchant and his attractive daughter by turning up to conduct the orchestra at a party and saving the family business from ruin.

Cast

 * Paul Hörbiger as Johann Strauß
 * Hugo Werner-Kahle as Johannes Brahms
 * Oscar Sabo as 	Gustav Mödlinger, Weingroßhändler
 * Olga Limburg as 	Sophie Mödlinger
 * Ekkehard Arendt as 	Toni Mödlinger
 * Oskar Sima as Eduard Weingruber, Oberkellner
 * Gretl Theimer as 	Mizzi, seine Tochter
 * Rózsi Csikós as 	Roszi
 * Carl Ehrhardt-Hardt as 	Poldi Wambacher
 * Hans Junkermann as Generalkonsul Füßli
 * Henry Lorenzen as 	Ein Tanzmeister
 * Johanna Ewald as 	Frau Krause
 * Otto Sauter-Sarto as 	Peppi, ein Pratersänger
 * Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Herr Krause
 * Elisabeth von Ruets as 	Baronin
 * Hugo Flink as Graf Lichtenstein
 * Emil Biron as 	Baron von Stessel

Reception
It was distributed in America by Casino Film Exchange in 1935 and a New York Times review considered it "bound to please Yorkville audiences or any other listeners familiar with the German tongue and its variations".