''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929

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silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Anthony Asquith Anthony William Landon Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among oth ...

and

Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen(7 August 1890, Wendhausen – 5 January 1962, Königstein im Taunus) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he emigrated to Britain from Nazi Ge ...

and starring

Mady Christians Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period. Biography She ...

, Fred Rains,

Paul Cavanagh William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Life and career Cavanagh was born in Felling, ...

, and

Anne Grey Anne Grey (born Aileen Stephen Ewing; 6 March 1907 – 3 April 1987) was an English actress, who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College L ...

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Production

The film was a co-production between British Instructional Films and the German company Laender Film. It was made at Laenderfilm Studios in

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and

Welwyn Studios Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make sou ...

in Hertfordshire. It was based on the 1905 novel ''

Princess Priscilla's Fortnight ''Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' is a 1905 comedy-drama novel by the British writer Elizabeth von Arnim, known at the time as Elizabeth, Countess Russell. It was turned into a play '' The Cottage in the Air'' in 1909.Boardman p.666 Film adaptat ...

'' by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as ''Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was directed by

Cast

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* 1929 films British silent feature films Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 drama films German silent feature films British black-and-white films Films directed by Anthony Asquith Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen British drama films British multilingual films Films based on British novels German multilingual films German black-and-white films German drama films Films shot at Welwyn Studios 1920s British films Silent drama films 1920s German films 1920s multilingual films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub