First State Visit since 1893 of a Persian Emperor to Vienna, the Shah of Iran walks in the steps of his Qajar predecessor Muzzaferedin Shah on a royal tour of the eternal capital of the Former Austro Hungarian Empire.
Shah Visits Vienna (1960):
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THE LAST WALTZ: Vienna, Sissi, Satrapi
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Hooked on Strauss (Tales from the Vienna Waltz):
Luis Clark conducts the ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, performing an arranged Strauss medley, including extracts from the waltzes
Romy Schneider in a Scene From “Sissi The Empress”:
Satrapi watches Sissi’s Waltz in a scene from Persepolis:
Marjane Satrapi discovers a Very different Vienna in Persepolis:
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