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directed by

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and starring

Elma Karlowa Elma Karlowa (12 March 1932 – 31 December 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255 Selected filmography * ''Once I Will Return'' (1953) * ''A Child of the Community'' (1953) * '' Guitars of Love'' (1954) * ''Cabaret'' (1 ...

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and

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.Fritsche p.255 It is also known by its West German title ''Two Hearts and a Throne'' (German: ''Zwei Herzen und ein Thron''). It was shot at the

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and on location in the

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

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Cast

as Nina Charlotta von Russland *

as Liesl *

as Eberhard von Preußen * Margrit Aust as Wirtin zur Goldenen Gans *

Adrienne Gessner Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '' Royal Hunt in Ischl''. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German ...

as Gräfin Lahousen * Gunther Philipp as Kuno Möslacher *

Fritz Imhoff Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Re ...

as General-Kommandant Köpnick *

Rudolf Vogel Rudolf Vogel (born 10 November 1900, Planegg – died 9 August 1967, Munich) was a German film and television actor. He was the father of Peter Vogel, the father-in-law of Austrian actress Gertraud Jesserer and the grandfather of actor-journ ...

as Diener Charles *

Hans Olden Hans Olden (1892–1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Olden appeared in more than eighty films during his career, mostly in Austria but occasionally also in Germany. He was a supporter of the Austrian Nazi Party, his interest in Nazism ...

as Graf Turm *

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, West Germany. Select ...

as Petrowsky *

Arnulf Schröder Arnulf Schröder (born Munich, June 13, 1903 - died there, December 22, 1960) was a German actor and director. He studied at the Oberrealschule with Claire Bauroff. He spent some of his career working in the cabarets of Berlin. Selected filmog ...

as Herr von Spree *

Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl (19 June 189915 January 1987) was an Austrians, Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films ''Der Leberfleck'' and ''Dort in der Wachau''. Selected filmography * ...

as Iwan *

Alfred Neugebauer Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Money on the Street'' (1930) * '' Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ...

as Oberförster *

Paul Löwinger Paul Löwinger (10 November 1904 – 17 December 1988) was an Austrian actor, theatre manager and writer. While still a child, he performed on his parents' stage, the Löwinger Bühne. In 1938, they were probably the first theatre ensemble which ...

as Wirt Möslacher Senior *

Joseph Egger Joseph Egger (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966; also spelled Josef Egger) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. Biography The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. Durin ...

as Peter von der Post

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films Austrian comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger 1950s German films Gloria Film films Films shot at Sievering Studios Films set in the 19th century German historical films Austrian historical films 1950s historical films {{1950s-Austria-film-stub