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The Empress and I
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Wikipedia article
'The Empress and I' is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt.Bock & Bergfelder p. 209 It is also known by the alternative title of 'The Only Girl'. The film was produced as a multi-language version. 'Moi et l'impratrice' a separate French-language version was released as well as 'The Only Girl' in English. The multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Rhrig. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit at UFA, several of whom left the country after the film's release due to the Nazi Party's assumption of power.
Synopsis
After a fall from a horse, a wealthy Marquis is believed to be dying. While he lies there, he is comforted by the singing of a beautiful woman. When he unexpectedly recovers he tries to seek out this young woman. Due to series of confusions he believes her to be Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III of France. In fact the woman was a Eugenie's hairdresser, a vivacious young woman engaged to be married to an aspiring composer and conductor currently working for the celebrated Jacques Offenbach.
Cast
* Lilian Harvey as Juliette
* Mady Christians as Empress
* Conrad Veidt as Marquis de Pontignac
* Heinz Rhmann as Didier
* Friedel Schuster as Annabel
* Hubert von Meyerinck as Flgeladjutant
* Julius Falkenstein as Jacques Offenbach
* Paul Morgan as Erfinder des Fahrrades
* Hans Hermann Schaufu as Doctor
* Kate Khl as Marianne
* Heinrich Gretler as Sanitter
* Eugen Rex as Etienne, Diener des Marquis
* Hans Deppe
* Hans Nowack as Erfinder des Telefons
* Margot Hpfner
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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