Movie Description:
Two generations of genius are brought to life in this lavish,eight-part British miniseries about one of the most talented musical families inhistory. THE STRAUSS FAMILY spans 85 years and chroniclesthe rise of Johann Strauss Sr. from his humble beginnings to becoming one of themost famous musicians in Europe. But at the height of his success, a series of scandalous love affairs estrange him from his wife andprodigiously talented son Johann, Jr. Father and son soon become fierce rivals in the musical and political worlds of nineteenth-centuryAustria. THE STRAUSS FAMILY follows the advancing career ofthe younger Strauss as he achieves even greater fame asVienna`s "Waltz King,"celebrated even today for the Blue Danube waltz and Die Fledermaus.
