The Runaway Princess
{{short description|1929 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Runaway Princess
| image = The Runaway Princess.png
| caption =
| director = {{ubl|Anthony Asquith|Fritz Wendhausen}}
| producer = Harry Bruce Woolfe
|based_on = Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth Russell
| writer = {{ubl|Alfred Schirokauer}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Mady Christians|Norah Baring|Paul Cavanagh|Anne Grey}}
| music =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Henry Harris|Fritz Wendhausen|Arpad Viragh}}
| editing =
| studio = {{ubl|British Instructional Films|Laender Film}}
| distributor = Jury Metro-Goldwyn
| released = {{film date|1929|3||UK|1929|4|15|Berlin|df=y}}
| runtime = 7,053 feet
| country = {{ubl|United Kingdom|Germany}}
| language = {{ubl|Silent|English intertitles}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Runaway Princess is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118063727/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49040 BFI.org]
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Mady Christians as Princess Priscilla
- Paul Cavanagh as Prince of Savonia
- Norah Baring as The Forger
- Fred Rains as The Professor
- Claude Beerbohm as The Detective
- Eveline Chipman
- Lewis Dayton
- Anne Grey
}}
Production
The film was a co-production between British Instructional Films and the German company Laender Film. It was made at Laenderfilm Studios in Berlin and Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire. It was based on the 1905 novel Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück was directed by Fritz Wendhausen.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0020350}}
{{Anthony Asquith}}
{{Fritz Wendhausen}}
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Category:British silent feature films
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Anthony Asquith
Category:Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen
Category:Silent British drama films
Category:British multilingual films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:German multilingual films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Silent German drama films
Category:Films shot at Welwyn Studios
Category:1920s multilingual films
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