In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss, aka Schani, would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. After he is fired from his clerical bank job because of his preoccupation with composing, he decides to follow his passion and form an orchestra. After some famed opera singers, including Carla Donner, hear his music, they expose Schani's music to the masses, to royalty and to music publisher Julius Hofbauer.

In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss, aka Schani, would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. After he is fired from his clerical bank job because of his preoccupation with composing, he decides to follow his passion and form an orchestra. After some famed opera singers, including Carla Donner, hear his music, they expose Schani's music to the masses, to royalty and to music publisher Julius Hofbauer. As such, Schani becomes the toast of Vienna. With his new found musical fame, Schani's life, which includes his work in the European Revolutions, changes. He becomes torn for his love for his loving and faithful wife Poldi Vogelhuber and his more emotionally passionate but somewhat destructive love for Carla Donner, who herself is involved with Count Anton Hohenfried.

Starring in the movie is singer Miliza Korjus (https://bit.ly/KorjusEN), who is of Estonian origin, and whose daughter, Melissa Wells, served at U.S. Ambassador to Estonia (1998-2001).

Watch the movie trailer here: https://youtu.be/pSPCEXmzF1E
Read more about the movie here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030202

The movie screens in Russian.
The screening is free of charge.