''His Highness Love'' (french: Son altesse l'amour) is a 1931 Franco-German

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directed by

Robert Péguy Robert Péguy (14 December 1883 – 21 July 1968) was a French film director best known for his films of the 1920s and 1930s. He directed some 30 films between 1910 and 1946. His career peaked in the 1930s. Selected filmography * ''600,000 ...

, Erich Schmidt and

Joe May Joe May (born Joseph Otto Mandl; 7 November 1880 – 29 April 1954) was an Austrian film director and film producer and one of the pioneers of German cinema. Biography After studying in Berlin and a variety of odd jobs, he began his career as ...

.Driskell p. 208 It stars Annabella,

André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and Wh ...

and

Roger Tréville Roger Tréville (17 November 1902, in Paris – 27 September 2005, in Beaumont-du-Périgord) was a French actor. He was born as Roger Troly; his parents, Georges Tréville (1875–1944) and Fanny Delisle (1881–1969), were also stage and film act ...

and was made in Berlin as the French-language version of ''

Her Majesty the Barmaid ''Her Majesty the Barmaid'' or ''Her Majesty Love'' (german: Ihre Majestät die Liebe) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Käthe von Nagy, Francis Lederer and Otto Wallburg. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Path� ...

''. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and

Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his s ...

Cast

* Annabella as Annette Wéber *

as Jules Leroy *

as Fred Leroy *

André Lefaur André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry. Partial filmography * ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911) * ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913) * ''Ainsi v ...

as Le baron Ducharme *

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as Ernest * Marie-Laure as La grand-mère *

Gretl Theimer Gretl Theimer (27 November 1910 – 14 May 1972) was an Austrian actress. Theimer was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Munich, Germany at age 61. Selected filmography * '' Two Hearts in Waltz Time'' (1930) * '' Oh Those Glorious Old Student ...

as Monique *

André Dubosc André Dubosc (1866–1935) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.176 Selected filmography * '' The Conspiracy'' (1913) * '' Happy Couple'' (1923) * ''Lady Harrington'' (1926) * ''The Crystal Submarine'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * '' ...

as Emile *

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Raymond Galle Raymond Galle (1913–2003) was a French stage and film actor.Klossner p.49 Selected filmography * '' His Highness Love'' (1931) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * '' Bad Seed'' (1934) * '' Student's Hotel'' (1932) * '' The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * ...

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* 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Joe May Films directed by Robert Péguy German multilingual films Films produced by Joe May Films scored by Bronisław Kaper German black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub