Louise, Queen of Prussia (film)

Louise, Queen of Prussia (German: Luise, Königin von Preußen) is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Gustaf Gründgens, and Ekkehard Arendt. The film's art director was Franz Schroedter.

Louise, Queen of Prussia
Directed byCarl Froelich
Produced by
  • Wilhelm von Kaufmann
  • Henny Porten
Written by
Based onLuise (novel)
by Walter von Molo
Starring
Music byHanson Milde-Meissner
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 December 1931 (1931-12-04)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It depicts the life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810), the wife of Frederick William III of Prussia. It forms part of the Prussian film genre.

The film was produced by Porten's own production company, founded during the silent era when she was a dominant German star. The failure of the film led to the financial ruin of Porten's production company, and she appeared in far fewer films after this point.[1]

Cast

References

  1. Killy & Vierhaus, pp. 42–43.

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf, eds. (2005). Dictionary of German Biography. Volume 8: Plett–Schmidseder. Munich: K. G. Saur. ISBN 978-3-598-23298-5.


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