''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929

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silent

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directed by

Anthony Asquith Anthony 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 other adaptations ...

and

Fritz Wendhausen Fritz Wendhausen (7 August 1890 – 5 January 1962) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He is also credited as Frederick Wendhausen and F.R. Wendhausen. In 1938 he immigrated to Britain from Nazi Germany. Selected filmography Scre ...

and starring

Mady Christians Marguerita Maria Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951), known as Mady Christians, was an Austrian-born German-American actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted dur ...

Fred Rains Frederick William Rains (28 January 1860 – 3 December 1945) was a British actor and film director. His father, also called Alfred Rains, was a coachbuilder. On 27 October 1884, at St Michael's Church, Lambeth, he married Emily Eliza Cox. T ...

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, 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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Cast

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

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. It was based on the 1905 novel '' Princess Priscilla's Fortnight'' by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as ''Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück'' was directed by

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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 Silent British drama films British multilingual films Films based on British novels German multilingual films German black-and-white films Silent German drama films Films shot at Welwyn Studios 1920s British films 1920s German films 1920s multilingual films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub