The Duke of Reichstadt () is a 1931 French-German historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Walter Edthofer, Lien Deyers and Grete Natzler. It is the German-language version of the French film The Eaglet, based on the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.Goble p. 398 It takes its name from the formal Austrian title of Napoleon II, its central character.
It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around Vienna.Klaus p.113 The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.
Cast Walter Edthofer as Herzog von Reichstadt Lien Deyers as Maria Louise Grete Natzler as Fanny Elssler Alfred Abel as Hofrat Gentz Kitty Aschenbach as Herzogin v. Parma Margarethe Hruby as Gräfin Camerata Eugen Klöpfer as Grenadier Flambeau Erwin Kalser as Kanzler Fürst Metternich Ekkehard Arendt as Major v. Prokesch Jaro Fürth as Kaiser Franz I. Eugen Jensen as Graf Sedlnitzky Eugen Burg as Graf Bombelles Kurt Ehrle as Marschall Marmont John Mylong as Tiburce de Lorget Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Alfred Beierle Gertrud Kanitz
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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