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film directed by Hanns Schwarz and Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat, and Jean Mercanton.Crisp p.26 It was produced by UFA as the French-language version of the studio's film '' Her Grace Commands''. In the early years of

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s, before the practice of

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became widespread, it was common for a film to be reshot in multiple languages. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

* Lilian Harvey as La princesse Marie-Christine * Henri Garat as Carl de Berck * Jean Mercanton as Le petit roi *

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as Heynitz *

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as Pipac * Raymond Guérin-Catelain as Le Prince de Leuchtenstein * Théo Tony * Marcel Merminod * Comedian Harmonists as Les cuisiniers

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939, Volume 1; Volumes 1929–1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 romantic comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Max de Vaucorbeil Films directed by Hanns Schwarz UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German romantic comedy films German black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films 1930s German films Films scored by Werner R. Heymann French-language German films French-language romantic comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub