Archduke Johann's Great Love
{{short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Archduke Johann's Great Love
| image =File:Archduke Johann's Great Love.jpg
| caption =
| director = Hans Schott-Schöbinger
| producer = Heinz-Joachim Ewert
| based_on =
| writer = Hans Gustl Kernmayr (novel)
Franz Gribitz
Friedrich Perkonig
| narrator =
| starring = Marte Harell
O.W. Fischer
Christl Mardayn
| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner
| cinematography = Günther Anders
| editing = Josefine Ramerstorfer
| studio = Patria-Filmkunst-Produktion
| distributor = Panorama-Film
| released = {{Film date|1950|12|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = Austria
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Archduke Johann's Great Love ({{langx|de|Erzherzog Johanns große Liebe}}) is a 1950 Austrian historical romantic drama film directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger and starring Marte Harell, O.W. Fischer and Christl Mardayn.Fritsche p.65
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting.
Synopsis
Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the more liberal-minded Habsburg Archduke John supports reforms in the Austrian Empire and German Confederation but is thwarted by machinations of the reactionary Klemens von Metternich. Things are complicated further when Archduke John falls in love with the commoner Anna Plochl and wishes to marry her.
Cast
- Marte Harell as Anna Plochl
- O.W. Fischer as Erzherzog Johann
- Christl Mardayn as Kaiserin
- Josef Meinrad as Vertrauter des Erzherzogs
- Leopold Rudolf as Invalider Tiroler
- Albin Skoda as Fuerst Metternich
- Franz Pfaudler as Plochl, Posthalter von Aussee
- Franz Herterich as Kaiser Franz I.
- Oskar Sima as Armbrustschuetze
- Theodor Danegger as Diener
- Auguste Pünkösdy as Zofe
References
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Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.
- Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0042438}}
Category:Austrian historical drama films
Category:1950s historical drama films
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
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