The Runaway Princess

{{short description|1929 film}}

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{{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 =

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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]

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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.

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