Education of a Prince (French: Éducation de Prince) is a 1927 French silent comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Edna Purviance, Pierre Batcheff and Flora le Breton.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.316Powrie & Rebillard p.8 It was adapted by Henri Diamant-Berger from the 1900 play of the same title by Maurice Donnay. This was Purviance's last film before retiring the next year. In 1938 Alexander Esway directed a remake Education of a Prince with adaptation and screenplay written by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Cast Pierre Batcheff as Sacha Edna Purviance as La reine Liska de Silistrie Flora le Breton as Raymonde - La danseuse Jean Dax as René Cercleux Albert Préjean as Herch Armand Bernard as Le comte de Ronceval Pauline Carton as La concierge Jean Joffre as Le général Braoulitch Andrews Engelmann as Dimitri
Jim Gérald Fernand Mailly Betove
References
Bibliography Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
External links
Education of a Prince at SilentEra