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directed by Robert Wiene and starring

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and

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. The film is based on the 1902 play ''La Duchesse des Folies-Bergères'' by

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. It was the final silent film Wiene made in Austria, before returning to Germany. It was made by the Austrian studio Pan Film, with backing from the French Pathé and German Filmhaus Bruckmann companies.

Synopsis

A young

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, in

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for his education, inherits the throne when his father abdicates. But a clause in the

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states that the new king needs to be sworn in by noon the following day or he will forfeit the throne. As the new king has already gone out for a night of carousing in Paris, those in charge of him set out to search all the

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to find him while a rival group of conspirators do everything they can to try to prevent him being informed.Jung & Schatzberg p. 132–133

Cast

as Die Herzogin *

as Sergius *

as Arnold * Ly Josyanne as Gräfin Slowikin *

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as Schuldirektor *

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as Graf Slowikin *

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as Chopinet *

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as Herzog von Pitschenieff *

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as Kirschbaum * Uly van Dayen as Floramye *

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References

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* 1926 films Austrian silent feature films Austrian comedy films Films directed by Robert Wiene Austrian films based on plays Films based on works by Georges Feydeau Films set in Paris Austrian black-and-white films 1926 comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub