The Queen Was in the Parlour (film)
{{Short description|1927 film by Graham Cutts}}
{{For|the 1949 film with the same German title|The Last Night (1949 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Queen Was in the Parlour
| image =The Queen Was in the Parlour (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Graham Cutts
| producer = Michael Balcon
Hermann Fellner
Arnold Pressburger
Josef Somlo
| writer = Fanny Carlsen
Graham Cutts
| starring = Lili Damita
Louis Ralph
Paul Richter
Harry Liedtke
| music = Gustav Gold
| cinematography = Otto Kanturek
| editing =
| studio = Gainsborough Pictures
UFA
| distributor = Woolf & Freedman Film Service
| released = {{Film date|1927|04}}
| runtime = 7,250 feetLow p.432
| country = United Kingdom
Germany
| language = Silent
English intertitles
German intertitles
| budget =
}}
The Queen Was in the Parlour is a 1927 Anglo-German silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115032116/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/47510 BFI.org] and external links It was based on the Noël Coward play The Queen Was in the Parlour. Its German title was Die letzte Nacht.
Production
The film was made as part of an Anglo-German co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and the leading German company UFA. It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studio in Berlin.p.Cook p.36-37 It was the first of several co-productions between Gainsborough and German companies.Cook p.64-65
Cast
- Lili Damita as Nadya
- Louis Ralph as Prince Alex
- Paul Richter as Sabien Pascal
- Harry Liedtke as Prince Keri
- Trude Hesterberg as Herzogin Xenia
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as General Kish
- Ernő Verebes as King's Adjutant
- Frida Richard as Zana
References
Bibliography
- Cook, Pam (ed.). Gainsborough Pictures. Casssell, 1997.
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0017900}}
- {{YouTube|fAPEjBE9884|The Queen Was in the Parlour}}
{{Graham Cutts}}
{{Noël Coward musicals}}
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Category:Silent British drama films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:British silent feature films
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Graham Cutts
Category:British films based on plays
Category:Gainsborough Pictures films
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Silent German drama films
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