Movie · 1949
The Red Danube
“Beautiful Maria...the four lives that touched hers were never the same again!”
Released 14 October 1949 119 min Drama / War / Romance More from 1949 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
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How old were they?
Ethel Barrymore
as Mother Superior ('Mother Auxilia')
Kasia Orzazewski
as Sister Kasmira
Konstantin Shayne
as Professor Serge Bruloff
Louis Calhern
as Colonel Piniev
Melville Cooper
as Private David Moonlight
Walter Pidgeon
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
Francis L. Sullivan
as Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
Alan Napier
as The General
Tamara Shayne
as Helena Nagard
Robert Coote
as Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock
Peter Lawford
as Major John 'Twingo' McPhimister
Angela Lansbury
as Audrey Quail
Janet Leigh
as Olga Alexandrova aka Maria Buhlen
Janine Perreau
as Mickey Mouse
Roman Toporow
as 2nd Lt. Maxim Omansky
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The numbers
64years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Ethel Barrymore — oldest on the call sheet
6Janine Perreau — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast