''The Love of a Queen'' (german: Die Liebe einer Königin) is a 1923 German silent

historical drama A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure f ...

film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Harry Liedtke,

Henny Porten Frieda Ulricke "Henny" Porten (7 January 1890 – 15 October 1960) was a German actress and film producer of the silent era, and Germany's first major film star. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1906 and 1955. Biography Frieda Ulrick ...

and Walter Janssen. It is based on the eighteenth century affair between the Danish Queen

Caroline Matilda Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( da, Caroline Mathilde; 1751 – 10 May 1775) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1772 by marriage to King Christian VII. The youngest and posthumous daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, by Pri ...

and the court physician Johann Friedrich Struensee. The film's sets were designed by the

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Heinrich Beisenherz and Fritz Seyffert.

Cast

* Harry Liedtke as Johann Friedrich Struensee *

as The Queen * Walter Janssen as Der König * Olga Limburg as Queen-Widow *Annemarie Mörike as Court lady * Friedrich Kayßler * Hermann Vallentin * Louis Ralph * Adele Sandrock *Erna Hauk *

Rudolf Biebrach Rudolf Biebrach (24 November 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worke ...

* Max Gülstorff *

Louis V. Arco Louis V. Arco (born Lutz Altschul; 24 July 1899 – 3 April 1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor whose career began in the late 1910s. Early life and career Louis V. Arco was born in Baden, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), about 8 kilomete ...

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Ludwig Wolff German black-and-white films 1920s historical films German historical films Bavaria Film films Films set in the 1760s Films set in the 1770s Films set in Denmark Films set in Copenhagen Biographical films about royalty Adultery in films Cultural depictions of Christian VII of Denmark Cultural depictions of Caroline Matilda of Great Britain 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub

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