''Louise de Lavallière'' is a 1922 German silent

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as ...

directed by Georg Burghardt and starring Emmy Schaeff, Fritz Delius and

Ernst Hofmann Ernst Karl Heinrich Hofmann (7 December 1880 – 27 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' The White Roses'' (1916) * '' Dr. Hart's Diary'' (1917) * '' Countess Kitchenmaid'' (1918) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man ...

.Grange p.109 It portrays the life of the seventeenth century French

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Louise de La Vallière Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French nobility, French noblewoman and the Royal mistress, mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière ...

, a lover of

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

Cast

* Emmy Schaeff as Louise de La Valliére * Fritz Delius as Louis XIV *

as Graf Pierre de Renauld *

Eva Speyer Eva Speyer also known as Eva Speyer-Stoeckel and Eva Ebert (24 August 1882 – 13 August 1975) was a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1911 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links * * * 1882 ...

Maria Theresia Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereig ...

Olga Engl Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films. Biography Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague C ...

as Anna von Österreich *

Erna Morena Erna Morena (born Ernestine Maria Fuchs, 24 April 1885 – 20 July 1962) was a German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. She appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1951. Biography Ernestine Maria Fuchs ...

as Henriette Anna von England * Leo Connard as Herzog Philipp von Orleans * Poldi Augustin as Marquise von Remis *

Hans Wassmann Hans Wassmann (1 January 1873 – 5 April 1932) was a German film actor.Chandler p.271 Selected filmography * '' Laugh Bajazzo'' (1915) * '' Miss Venus'' (1921) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' A Glass of Water'' (1923) * '' Nanon'' (1924 ...

as Graf de Guiche *

Max Kronert Max Kronert (born Max Josef Florian Trübsand; c. 1873 – 22 July 1925) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Monastery of Sendomir'' (1919) * '' The Toy of the Tsarina'' (1919) * ''The Oyster P ...

as La Vienne, Kammerdiener * Gertrude Hoffman as Marquise Françoise Athenais von Montespan *

Kurt Middendorf Kurt is a male given name in Germanic languages. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Konrad/Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. Like Conrad, it can also a surname an ...

as Herzog von Lauzun * Boris Michailow as Colbert, Generalkontrolleur * Max Mothes as Le Nôtre, Chef der königlichen Gärten *

Toni Tetzlaff Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Chander p. 272 Selected filmography * ''Alkohol'' (1919) * ''Lilli (1919 film), Lilli'' (1919) * ''Lilli ...

as Gräfin von Soisson, Oberhofmeisterin *

Sophie Pagay Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian actress. Biography She was worn in Brno. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay. Selected filmography * ' ...

as Madame Voisin

References

Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Georg Burghardt German silent feature films German black-and-white films Films set in France Films set in the 17th century 1920s historical films German historical films 1920s German films Cultural depictions of Louis XIV Cultural depictions of Anne of Austria {{1920s-Germany-silent-film-stub