''Royal Children'' () is a 1950 West German

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directed by

Helmut Käutner Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...

and starring Jenny Jugo, Peter van Eyck and

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location in

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and at Hornberg Castle. The film's sets were designed by the

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Bruno Monden Bruno Monden (1900–1980) was a German art director. He designed the sets for several rubble films in the wake of the Second World War.Shandley p.217 Selected filmography * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' The Murderers Are Among Us'' (1946) * ' ...

and

Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a wh ...

. It was a major commercial failure on release.Davidson & Hake p. 50

Synopsis

At the end of the

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, part of the traditional

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are forced to flee from their historic lands. They still possess a castle in

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. After a difficult journey to reach it they find that the castle is in ruins. Gradually they try to rebuild their lives in their new home and adjust to the challenges of modern life.

Cast

* Jenny Jugo as Prinzessin Ulrike von Brandenburg * Peter van Eyck as Paul König *

as Frau von Bockh, Oberhofmeisterin * Erika von Thellmann as Yella von Beuthel, Hofdame der Prinzessin * Thea Thiele as Felizitas, Herzogin von Lauenstein *

Friedrich Schoenfelder Friedrich Schoenfelder (17 October 1916 – 14 August 2011) was a German actor. Schoenfelder was born in Sorau/Lower Lusatia and died in Berlin. He was 94. He was the German dubbing voice of David Niven and Vincent Price. In the German versio ...

as Prinz Alexander 'Sascha' von Thessalien * Walter Kottenkamp as Achilles, Prinz von Brandenburg, Onkel von Ulrike *

Theodor Danegger Theodor Danegger (31 August 1891 – 11 October 1959) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1932 and 1959. He was born in Lienz, Austria and died in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital ...

as Hubertus, Herzog von Lauenstein *

Georg Vogelsang Georg Vogelsang (1883–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 He specialised in Bavarian character parts. Selected filmography * '' The Secret of Castle Elmshoh'' (1925) * ''Three Fathers for Anna'' (1939) * '' The Eternal Spring'' ...

as Daun *

Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attac ...

as Tintsch *

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as Graf Larissa *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Landrat * Wastl Witt as Forstmeister * Bob Norwood *

Gertrud Wolle Gertrud Wolle (11 March 1891 – 6 July 1952) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Die Insel der Glücklichen'' (1919) * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * '' Roswolsky's Mistress'' (1921) * '' A Glass of Water'' (1923) * ''Burglars'' ( ...

as Lehrerin * Barbara Gallauner as Sekretärin * Beppo Schwaiger as Karl * Marion Kässl *

as German policeman *

Franz Loskarn Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Behind Monastery Walls (1928 film), Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * ''Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1928 film), Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * ''L ...

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books. * Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1950 films West German films German comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Helmut Käutner Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films set in Bavaria German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films scored by Bernhard Eichhorn {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub