Queen Louise (1927 film)

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| name = Queen Louise

| image = Queen Louise (1927 film).jpg

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| director = Karl Grune

| writer = {{ubl|Ludwig Berger|Max Glass}}

| producer = Max Glass

| starring = {{ubl|Mady Christians|Mathias Wieman|Anita Dorris|Hedwig Molander}}

| narrator =

| cinematography = Arpad Viragh

| editing =

| music = Walter Ulfig

| studio = Terra Film

| distributor = Terra Film

| released = {{film date|1927|12|22|Part I|1928|1|16|Part II|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}

| budget =

| gross =

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Queen Louise ({{langx|de|Königin Luise}}) is a German silent historical film directed by Karl Grune and starring Mady Christians, Mathias Wieman, and Anita Dorris. It was released in two separate parts slightly less than a month from each other in December 1927 and January 1928. It commenced a series of historical epics directed by Grune.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=175}} It was shot partly at the Terra Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.

The film portrays the short life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of the Prussian monarch Frederick William III.

Cast

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Mady Christians as Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mathias Wieman as William III
Anita Dorris as Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Hedwig Molander as Princess Radziwill
Adele Sandrock as Countess Voss
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Prince Louis Ferdinand
Hedwig Wangel as Princess von Hessen-Darmstadt
Theodor Loos as Count Hardenberg
Charles Vanel as Napoleon
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Queen-Consort Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig
Alfred Döderlein as Prince Louis
Hans Mierendorff as King Frederick William II.
Lotte Lorring as Madame Ritz
Antonie Jaeckel as Gelieu
Karl Elzer as Adjutant Köckeritz
Egon von Jordan as Russia Tsar Alexander
Alfred Gerasch as Minister Talleyrand
Ferdinand von Alten as Bertrand
Hans Wassmann as Count Haugwitz
Eduard Rothauser as Duke von Mecklenburg
Max Pohl as Prince Blücher
Emil Heyse as Dr. Hufeland

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References

Bibliography

{{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
{{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Kreimeier}} |last= Kreimeier | first = Klaus | title = The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I1u5qMPO0RkC | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1999 | location = Berkeley | isbn = 978-0-520-22069-0 }}