Strauss Is Playing Today

Strauss Is Playing Today (Heut' spielt der Strauss) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Conrad Wiene and starring Alfred Abel, Hermine Sterler and Imre Ráday. The film was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.

Cast

 * Alfred Abel as Johann Strauss father
 * Hermine Sterler as Anna, his wife
 * Imre Ráday as Johann Strauss son
 * Antonie Jaeckel as Deisinger's wife
 * Willy Schmieder as Deisinger
 * Lilian Ellis as Liesl
 * Ferdinand Bonn as Drechsler
 * Trude Hesterberg as Trampusch
 * Jakob Tiedtke as Wieß
 * Paul Hörbiger as Lamperlhirsch
 * Eugen Neufeld as Grand Duke
 * John Mylong as Mödlinger