King in Shadow
| King in Shadow | |
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| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Release date | 16 January 1957 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
King in Shadow (German: Herrscher ohne Krone) is a 1957 Western German historical film drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O.W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.[1] 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
- Siegfried Lowitz as Chamberlain Goldberg
- Wilfried Jan Heyn as Baron Enevied Brandt
- Gerhard Ritter as Dr. Berger
- Peter Esser as Court Chaplain Münter
- Helmuth Lohner as Count Holck
See also
- The Dictator (1935)
- A Royal Affair (2012)
References
- ^ Klossner p.175
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
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