Film · Drama, Romance, History, Music
Fanny Elssler (1937)
Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.
- Director
- Paul Martin
- Writers
- Paul Martin, Eva Leidmann
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- November 4, 1937
- Original title
- Fanny Elßler
Cast
Lilian HarveyFanny Elßler
Willy BirgelHofrat Friedrich Gentz
Rolf MoebiusDuke of Reichstadt- Paul HoffmannMetternich
Liselotte SchaakTherese Elssler - Fannys Schwester
Ernst KarchowDietrichstein
Walter WernerThe Maestro Foresti
Ernst SattlerKammerdiener Lindner
Hubert von MeyerinckPolizeipräfekt- Werner KepichFranzösischer Revolutionär
- Hubert I. StowittsDer Prinz im Ballett
- Erwin Biegel
- Johannes Bergfeldt
Angelo Ferrari- André Saint-Germain
- Kurt Lenz
Ruth Nimbach
Anna von Palen
Paul Rehkopf
Bruno Ziener
