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The Emperor Waltz

“Bing hits the high notes! Joan hits the love notes! You'll hit a happy note... in this king-sized muscial wonder!”

1948 · 1 h 46 min
Directed by Billy Wilder
ComedyMusicalRomance

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Josef to buy his machine, and woos a countess.

Sinekatalog’s take

Billy Wilder's musical comedy, with Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine, is colorful and light, though a minor Wilder.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (2,134 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.