The Strauss Family

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The Strauss Family ★★½ 1973

British miniseries covers the drama and scandal surrounding 85 years in the lives of the musical Strauss family of 19th-century Vienna. Woolfe is patriarch Johann Strauss, whose son Schanni (Wilson) will exclipse his egotistical father's talents. Music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. On 4 cassettes. 390m/C VHS, DVD . GB Eric Woolfe, Stuart Wilson, Anne Stally-brass, Derek Jacobi, Jane Seymour; D: David Giles, Peter Potter, David Reid; W: David Butler, David Reid, Anthony Skene. TV

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