Desc: The Blue Danube: Directed by Herbert Wilcox. With Brigitte Helm, Joseph Schildkraut, Chili Bouchier, Desmond Jeans. The Blue Danube is a 1932 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Brigitte Helm, Joseph Schildkraut and Desmond Jeans. Its plot, based on a short story by Doris Zinkeisen, concerns a Hungarian gypsy who leaves his girlfriend for a countess, but soon begins to suffer heartache. The film was made in both English and German-language versions.