The Blue Danube (1955 film)
The Blue Danube (German: An der schönen blauen Donau) is a 1955 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Hardy Krüger, Nicole Besnard and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
The Blue Danube (German: An der schönen blauen Donau) is a 1955 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Hardy Krüger, Nicole Besnard and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Synopsis
A young king and a princess are engaged to be married but have never met. Both are reluctant to take part in an arranged marriage but they meet in Vienna and fall in love.

Cast
Hardy Krüger as König Richard von Carpien
Nicole Besnard as 	Prinzessin Gennie Brabanzini
Paul Hörbiger as Kriminalkommissar Schröder
Renée Saint-Cyr as 	Baronin Susanne Brabanzini
Jean Wall as Premierminister Emser
Susi Nicoletti as Gräfin Eichenfels
Adrienne Gessner as 	Fürstin
Egon von Jordan as Hofrat Rudi Haller
Hubert von Meyerinck as Baron Philipp von und zu Weidendorf
Rudolf Carl as Kriminalassistent Winkler
Theodor Danegger as 	Chauffeur Jean
Hans Unterkircher as 	Graf Eichenfels
Ernst Waldbrunn as 	Kinobesitzer
Toni von Bukovics as Frau des Küfers
Karl Ehmann as Karl, ein Küfer
Martin Costa as 	Pächter
Theodor Grieg as Huber, Photograph
Carlo Böhm as 	Sohn des Küfers
Mimi Stelzer as 	Blumenfrau
Franz Böheim as 	Heurigensänger
Viktor Braun as Fiakerlenker
Raoul Retzer as Exzellenz mit Fes

References
Bibliography
Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links
The Blue Danube at IMDb