The Duke of Reichstadt (German: Der Herzog von Reichstadt) is a 1931 French-German historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Walter Edthofer, Lien Deyers and Grete Natzler. It is the German-language version of the French film The Eaglet, based on the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.[1] It takes its name from the formal Austrian title of Napoleon II, its central character.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around Vienna.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.
Cast
- Walter Edthofer as Herzog von Reichstadt
- Lien Deyers as Maria Louise
- Grete Natzler as Fanny Elssler
- Alfred Abel as Hofrat Gentz
- Kitty Aschenbach as Herzogin v. Parma
- Margarethe Hruby as Gräfin Camerata
- Eugen Klöpfer as Grenadier Flambeau
- Erwin Kalser as Kanzler Fürst Metternich
- Ekkehard Arendt as Major v. Prokesch
- Jaro Fürth as Kaiser Franz I.
- Eugen Jensen as Graf Sedlnitzky
- Eugen Burg as Graf Bombelles
- Kurt Ehrle as Marschall Marmont
- John Mylong as Tiburce de Lorget
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
- Alfred Beierle
- Gertrud Kanitz
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.