The Night With the Emperor (German: Die Nacht mit dem Kaiser) is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, and Friedrich Benfer.[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Hermann Warm.[2] The film is set in 1808 at the Congress of Erfurt.
The Night With the Emperor | |
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Directed by | Erich Engel |
Written by | |
Produced by | Eberhard Klagemann |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Bruno Mondi |
Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
Music by | Hans-Otto Borgmann |
Production company | Klagemann-Film |
Distributed by | Rota-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Cast
edit- Jenny Jugo as Lisa Grossinger
- Richard Romanowsky as Thomas Kellermeister
- Friedrich Benfer as Heinz Heckmann
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Napoleon
- Werner Scharf as De Brusset, Adjutant
- Hans Leibelt as Bürgermeister von Erfurt
- Walter Steinbeck as Director of Erfurt theatre
- Paul Henckels as Manager of Erfurt theatre
- Ernst G. Schiffner as King of Sachsen
- Otto Wögerer as Russian Tsar
- Olga Limburg as Kammerfrau
- Erika Helmke as Primadonna Elisabeth Frühwirt
- Harry Frank as Schauspieler
- Karl Platen as Intendant des Erfurter Stadttheaters
- Theodor Thony as Napoleons Kammerdiener Lucien
- Luise Hohorst as Lisa's wardrober
- Angelo Ferrari as Russian general
- Hans Schneider as Adjutant of King of Sachsen
- Julius Brandt as Police president in Erfurt
- Valy Arnheim as Leiter des Sicherheitsdienstes
- Walter Bechmann as Napoleon's Kammerdiener
- Fred Becker as Student
- Horst Birr as Student
- Kurt Cramer as King of Wurtemberg
- Wolf Dietrich as Student
- Aribert Grimmer as Erfurt citizen
- Karl Hannemann as French soldier in Erfurt
- Hans Ludwig Hilmers as Prince Wilhelm
- Charlie Albert Huber as Student
- Antonie Jaeckel as Kellermanns Vermieterin
- Ly Jankowski as Dame in Napoleon's Theaterloge
- Carl Martin Kemper as French general
- Fritz Klaudius as Erfurt citizen
- Walter Kunkel as Student
- Max Mothes as Der Inspizient
- Waltraud Neckes as Die Souffleuse
- Lotte Preuss as Eine Schauspielerin am Stadttheater
- Rudolf Preuss as Young officer
- Ernst Albert Schaach as Police officer in Erfurt
- Alfred Schwarz as Young officer
- Jörn Valery
- Jens von Hagen as Russian general
- Eduard Wenck as Gemüsehändler
- Friedrich Wilke as Student
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 288.
- ^ Klaus p.160
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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