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

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.