---
title: 'Strauss Is Playing Today (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Conrad Wiene'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/strauss-is-playing-today-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018994/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Strauss Is Playing Today (1928)

1928 · Drama, Music · Germany

Original title: Heut’ spielt der Strauß

## Synopsis

Strauss: The Waltz King, 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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich It portrays the relationship between the father and son Austrian composers Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Conrad Wiene](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-wiene)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Wiene](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wiene)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Homola](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-homola)
- **Producer:** [Hermann Fellner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-fellner), [Josef Somlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-somlo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Planer](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-planer)

## Cast

- [Hermine Sterler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermine-sterler)
- [Jakob Tiedtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-tiedtke)
- [Eugen Neufeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-neufeld)
- [Antonie Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonie-jaeckel)
- [John Mylong](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mylong)
- [Trude Hesterberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-hesterberg)
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Alfred Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-abel)
- [Imre Ráday](https://cinepixo.com/people/imre-raday)
- [Lilian Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-ellis)
- [Ferdinand Bonn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-bonn)

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