''The Princess's Whim'' (French: ''Caprice de princesse'') is a 1934 French-German comedy film directed by

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and

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and starring

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and Armand Bernard. It was produced as the French-language version of the 1933 German film '' Her Highness the Saleswoman'' and distributed by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of UFA. It is based on the play ''My Sister and I'' by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil.Goble p.39 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.The film's sets were designed by the

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Werner Schlichting.

Synopis

Princess Isabelle falls in love with André, a

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in charge of her family's library, but he is not interested due to her grandiose manner. He seeks a woman from a more simple background. Isabelle then passes herself off as a financially-struggling younger sister Irène, who worked as a

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, in order to win him over.

Cast

as Irène / Isabelle *

as André Martine / André Méry * Armand Bernard as Barnabé * Roger Dann as Octave *

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as Paul *

Germaine Roger Germaine Roger (1910–1975) was a French actress and operetta singer.Goble p.18 Selected filmography * ''Tossing Ship'' (1932) * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''A Weak Woman'' (1933) * '' Three Sailors'' (1934) * ''Excursion Train An excur ...

as Henriette *

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as Le notaire *

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as Felix - le valet * Sinoël as Un matelot *

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as Le contrôleur *

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as Le capitaine *

Marcel Merminod Marcel Merminod (16 April 1893 – 31 May 1979) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1930 and 1970. He starred in the 1970 film '' Black Out'', which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected ...

as Un matelot

References

Bibliography

* Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. ''Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works''. McFarland, 1998. * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Lloyd, Christopher. ''Henri-Georges Clouzot''. Manchester University Press, 2007.

External links

* 1934 films 1934 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany CAtegory:French comedy films 1930s French films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karl Hartl UFA GmbH films French black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Cine-Allianz films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios French films based on plays {{1930s-France-film-stub