Her Grace Commands
{{Short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Her Grace Commands
| image =Her Grace Commands.jpg
| caption =
| director = Hanns Schwarz
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Paul Frank|Robert Liebmann|Billy Wilder}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Käthe von Nagy|Willy Fritsch|Reinhold Schünzel|Paul Hörbiger}}
| music = Werner R. Heymann
| editing = Willy Zeyn
| cinematography = {{ubl|Konstantin Irmen-Tschet|Günther Rittau}}
| studio = Universum Film AG
| distributor = Universum Film AG
| released = {{film date|1931|3|3|df=y}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Her Grace Commands ({{langx|de|Ihre Hoheit befiehlt}}) is a 1931 German romantic comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch and Reinhold Schünzel. It is also translated into the alternative title Her Highness Commands. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with sets designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It premiered in Mannheim on 3 March 1931, before being released at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin the next day.Hardt p. 239 A French-language version (Princess, At Your Orders!) was produced simultaneously, also directed by Schwarz but with a different cast. The film was remade in Hollywood as well, retitled Adorable, and released by the Fox Film Corporation in 1933.
Synopsis
A hairdresser and a greengrocer fall in love, concealing from each other the truth that they are really a princess and an army officer in disguise.Calhoon p. 71
Main cast
- Käthe von Nagy as Prinzessin Marie-Christine
- Willy Fritsch as Leutnant Karl von Conradi
- Reinhold Schünzel as Staatsminister Graf Herlitz
- Paul Hörbiger as Hofdetektiv Pipac
- Paul Heidemann as Fürst von Leuchtenstein
- Michael von Newlinsky as Rittmeister
- Eugen Tiller as Major
- Kenneth Rive as König
- Erich Kestin as Bursche bei Conradi
- Erik Schütz as Stimmungssänger
- Attila Hörbiger as Wachtposten
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | editor-last = Calhoon | editor-first = Kenneth Scott | last1 = Leblans | first1 = Anne | last2 = Federle | first2 = Courtney | last3 = Ward | first3 = Janet | last4 = Brodnax | first4 = Mary M. | last5 = Hake | first5 = Sabine | title = Peripheral Visions: The Hidden Stages of Weimar Cinema | publisher = Wayne State University Press | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-8143-2928-3 }}
- {{cite book | last = Hardt | first = Ursula | title = From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars | url = https://archive.org/details/fromcaligaritoca00hard | url-access = registration | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 1996 | isbn = 978-1-57181-930-7 }}
- {{cite book | last = Rogowski | first = Christian | title = The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy | publisher = Camden House | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1-57113-429-5 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021991}}
{{Hanns Schwarz}}
Category:1931 musical comedy films
Category:German musical comedy films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Hanns Schwarz
Category:Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder
Category:German multilingual films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1931 romantic comedy films
Category:1931 multilingual films
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:Films scored by Werner R. Heymann
Category:German-language musical comedy films
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