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67% Critic Match
The Red Danube
“Beautiful Maria...the four lives that touched hers were never the same again!”
6.7 / 10• 1949• 1h 59m•NR• English
DramaWarRomance
Storyline
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Cast & Crew
Walter Pidgeon
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Sidney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Red Danube is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
