King in Shadow

King in Shadow
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Robert Neumann (novel) Odo Krohmann Gerhard Menzel Harald Braun
Produced by	Harald Braun Georg Richter
Starring	O.W. Fischer Odile Versois Horst Buchholz
Cinematography	Göran Strindberg
Edited by	Hilwa von Boro
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	16 January 1957 (1957-01-16)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

King in Shadow (Template:Lang-de) is a 1957 Western German historical film drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O.W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz. 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 Schöner as Gertrud von Eyben
• Günther 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 Münter
• Helmuth Lohner as Count Holck

See also

• The Love of a Queen (1923)
• The Dictator (1935)
• A Royal Affair (2012)

Bibliography

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

• King in Shadow at IMDb