The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Night of Queen Isabeau
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Directed by	Robert Wiene
Written by	Robert Wiene
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Fern Andra; Fritz Kortner; Hans Heinrich von Twardowski; Elsa Wagner;
Cinematography	Willy Hameister
Production; company	Decla-Bioscop
Distributed by	Decla
Release date	November 1920;
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

The Night of Queen Isabeau (German: Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau) is a 1920 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Fern Andra, Fritz Kortner, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski and Elsa Wagner. The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.^[2] The film is now considered a lost film, but contemporary reviews praised Wiene's direction. The story revolves around insanity, a common theme in his films.^[3]

Cast

Jacobsen, Wolfgang. Babelsberg: das Filmstudio. Argon, 1994.
Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

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1910s	He This Way, She That Way (1914) The Canned Bride (1915) Frau Eva (1916) The Queen's Love Letter (1916) The Queen's Secretary (1916) The Wandering Light (1916) The Robber Bride (1916) Lehmann's Honeymoon (1916) The Man in the Mirror (1917) Life Is a Dream (1917) Steadfast Benjamin (1917) Fear (1917)
1920s	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (1920) Genuine (1920) The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920) Panic in the House of Ardon (1920) A Woman's Revenge (1921) Playing with Fire (1921) The Infernal Power (1922) Raskolnikow (1923) The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923) I.N.R.I. (1923) The Hands of Orlac (1924) Boarding House Groonen (1925) The Guardsman (1925) Der Rosenkavalier (1926) The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926) The Mistress (1927) The Famous Woman (1927) The Woman on the Rack (1928) Leontine's Husbands (1928) The Great Adventuress (1928) Folly of Love (1928)
1930s	The Other (1930) The Prosecutor Hallers (1930) The Love Express (1931) Venetian Nights (1931) Panic in Chicago (1931) Typhoon (1933) A Night in Venice (1934) Ultimatum (1938)