King in Shadow

{{Short description|1957 film}}

{{Infobox film

|name = King in Shadow

|image = King in Shadow.jpg

|caption = DVD cover

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Herrscher ohne Krone}}

|director = Harald Braun

|producer = Harald Braun
Georg Richter

|writer = {{ubl|Robert Neumann (novel)|Odo Krohmann|Gerhard Menzel|Harald Braun}}

|starring = {{ubl|O. W. Fischer|Odile Versois|Horst Buchholz}}

|music = Werner Eisbrenner

|cinematography = Göran Strindberg

|editing = Hilwa von Boro

|studio = Bavaria Film

|distributor = Schorcht Filmverleih

|released = {{Film date|1957|1|16|df=yes}}

|runtime = 104 minutes

|country = West Germany

|language = German

}}

King in Shadow ({{langx|de|Herrscher ohne Krone}}) is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002. p. 175. {{ISBN|0786477512}}. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hesse and Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. The story had previously been portrayed in the 1935 British film The Dictator.