The Red Danube
Beautiful Maria...the four lives that touched hers were never the same again!
1949 | 119m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | George Sidney |
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| Writer: | Bruce Marshall, Gina Kaus, Arthur Wimperis |
| Staring: |
| A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 14, 1949 |
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| Director: | George Sidney |
| Writer: | Bruce Marshall, Gina Kaus, Arthur Wimperis |
| Genres: | War, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | kgb, colonel, vienna, austria, convent (nunnery), ballerina |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Walter Pidgeon | Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar |
| Ethel Barrymore | Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia') |
| Peter Lawford | Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister |
| Angela Lansbury | Audrey Quail |
| Janet Leigh | Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen |
| Louis Calhern | Colonel Piniev |
| Francis L. Sullivan | Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron |
| Melville Cooper | Private David Moonlight |
| Robert Coote | Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock |
| Alan Napier | The General |
| Roman Toporow | 2nd Lt. Maxim Omansky |
| Kasia Orzazewski | Sister Kasmira |
| Tamara Shayne | Helena Nagard |
| Konstantin Shayne | Professor Serge Bruloff |
| Janine Perreau | Mickey Mouse |
| Victor Wood | Lt. Guedalia-Wood (as David Hydes) |
| Margo Von Leu | Lani Hansel |
| Geoffrey Alan | Major |
| George Bookasta | Devout Pilgrim |
| Regina Bookasta | Devout Pilgrim |
| Argentina Brunetti | Italian Woman |
| Lyle Clark | British Major |
| Janna DeLoos | Ballet Mistress |
| Antonio Filauri | Devout Italian Pilgrim |
| Richard Fraser | Transport Pilot |
| Sigmund Halperon | German |
| Kenneth Hunter | Brigadier General |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Staff Sergeant |
| Terry Kilburn | Sloppily-dressed Airman |
| Henry Kulky | Russian Officer at Camp 12 Deportation |
| Doris Lloyd | Mrs. Omicron |
| Ola Lorraine | UNRRA Member |
| Mickey McCardle | British Major |
| Clive Morgan | Brigadier General |
| Henry Mowbray | Colonel |
| Emil Rameau | Proprietor |
| Phillip Rock | UNRRA Member |
| John Royce | Sergeant |
| Charles Sadler | Cobbler |
| Carol Savage | Private Jemima |
| Arthur Stenning | Colonel |
| Lotus Thompson | Woman Private |
| Tito Vuolo | Italian Billposter |
| Eric Wilton | Colonel |
| Audrey Young | Countess Cressanti |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bruce Marshall | Novel |
| Gina Kaus | Screenplay |
| James E. Newcom | Editor |
| Arthur Wimperis | Screenplay |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| George Sidney | Director |
| Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Hans Peters | Art Direction |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
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| Carey Wilson | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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