The Love of a Queen (1923 film)
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| German | Die Liebe einer Königin |
| Directed by | Ludwig Wolff |
| Written by | Ludwig Wolff |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Julius Balting Axel Graatkjær |
Production company | Maxim-Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film Gaumont (France) |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Love of a Queen (German: Die Liebe einer Königin) is a 1923 German silent historical drama film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Harry Liedtke, Henny Porten and Walter Janssen.[1] It is based on the eighteenth century affair between the Danish Queen Caroline Matilda and the court physician Johann Friedrich Struensee.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz and Fritz Seyffert.
Cast
[edit]- Harry Liedtke as Johann Friedrich Struensee
- Henny Porten as The Queen
- Walter Janssen as Der König
- Olga Limburg as Queen-Widow
- Annemarie Mörike as Court lady
- Friedrich Kayßler
- Hermann Vallentin
- Louis Ralph
- Adele Sandrock
- Erna Hauk
- Rudolf Biebrach
- Max Gülstorff
- Louis V. Arco
See also
[edit]- The Dictator (1935)
- King in Shadow (1957)
- A Royal Affair (2012)
References
[edit]- ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 121. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
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- 1923 films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s historical films
- Bavaria Film films
- Biographical films about royalty
- Cultural depictions of Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
- Cultural depictions of Christian VII of Denmark
- Films about adultery
- Films directed by Ludwig Wolff
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- Films set in Copenhagen
- Films set in Denmark
- Films set in the 1760s
- Films set in the 1770s
- German black-and-white films
- German historical films
- German silent feature films
- 1920s German film stubs