Queen Louise (German: Königin Luise) is a German silent historical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Mady Christians, Mathias Wieman, and Anita Dorris. It was released in two separate parts slightly less than a month from each other in December 1927 and January 1928. It commenced a series of historical epics directed by Grune.[1] It was shot partly at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.
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| Directed by | Karl Grune |
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| Produced by | Max Glass |
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| Cinematography | Arpad Viragh |
| Music by | Walter Ulfig |
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| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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| Country | Germany |
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The film portrays the short life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of the Prussian monarch Frederick William III.
Cast
edit- Mady Christians as Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Mathias Wieman as William III
- Anita Dorris as Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Hedwig Molander as Princess Radziwill
- Adele Sandrock as Countess Voss
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Prince Louis Ferdinand
- Hedwig Wangel as Princess von Hessen-Darmstadt
- Theodor Loos as Count Hardenberg
- Charles Vanel as Napoleon
- Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Queen-Consort Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig
- Alfred Döderlein as Prince Louis
- Hans Mierendorff as King Frederick William II.
- Lotte Lorring as Madame Ritz
- Antonie Jaeckel as Gelieu
- Karl Elzer as Adjutant Köckeritz
- Egon von Jordan as Russia Tsar Alexander
- Alfred Gerasch as Minister Talleyrand
- Ferdinand von Alten as Bertrand
- Hans Wassmann as Count Haugwitz
- Eduard Rothauser as Duke von Mecklenburg
- Max Pohl as Prince Blücher
- Emil Heyse as Dr. Hufeland
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 175.
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
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