The Mistress of the Governor (German: Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs) is a 1927 German silent historical drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Fritz Kortner and Otto Wallburg.Bock & Bergfelder p.257 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's set designer was Max Knaake.
The film is based on the life and assassination of the Serbian queen Draga Mašin. However, under the political pressure to avoid offending the sensibilities of Yugoslavia, the film was considerably reworked and the final version was set in an undefined counry, with only vague references to the actual historical events. In particular, the protagonists committed double suicide rather than having been assassinated, Der umgetauste Draga-Maschin-Film ["Renamed Draga Mašin Film] Prager Tagblatt, 4 November 1927, p 12, digitized by Austrian Newspapers Online and the initial title Die Geliebte auf dem Königsthron (The Mistress on the King's Throne) was changed to the current one.Walter Friedmann, "Gegen die politische Filmzensur!" [Down with the political film censorship!], , vol. 21, no. 193, 11 August, 1928, p. 8-10
Cast Magda Sonja as The lady-in-waiting / Chambermaid Fritz Kortner as Tsarevich Alexander / Governor's Son Otto Wallburg as Tsar Alexander Murski as Prime Minister Robert Garrison as Variety owner Aribert Wäscher as Member of Parliament of the Farmers' Party (Abgeordneter der Bauernpartei) Hedwig Wangel as tsarina / Gouverneurs wife Wolfgang Zilzer as Hussar officer Werner Pittschau as Adjutant of Tsarevich / Adjutant of the son as Adjutants Sekretär Paul Rehkopf Esther Korten as Variétébesitzers Sekretärin Julius Brandt as Court physician Elza Temary as Abgeordneters Frau
References
Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
Die Geliebte auf dem Königsthron (Draga Maschin), filmportal.de