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'King in Shadow' is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.Klossner, Michael. 'The Europe of 15001815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000'. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 175. . The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee a Doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hesse and Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

Cast



*O. W. Fischer as Friedrich Struensee

*Odile Versois as Queen Mathilde

*Horst Buchholz as King Christian

*Fritz Tillmann as Count Rantzau

*Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Queen Juliane

*Ingeborg Schner as Gertrud von Eyben

*Gnther Hadank as State Minister Count Bernstorff

*Siegfried Lowitz as Chamberlain Guldberg

*Wilfried Jan Heyn as Baron Enevold Brandt

*Gerhard Ritter as Dr. Berger

*Peter Esser as Court Chaplain Mnter

*Helmuth Lohner as Count Holck

See also



*'The Love of a Queen' (1923)

*'The Dictator' (1935)

*'A Royal Affair' (2012)

References




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