The Empress and I

The Empress and I
Directed by Friedrich Hollaender
Produced by Erich Pommer
Written by Paul Frank
Robert Liebmann
Walter Reisch
Felix Salten
Starring Lilian Harvey
Mady Christians
Conrad Veidt
Heinz Rühmann
Music by Franz Waxman
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by Heinz G. Janson
René Métain
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
 23 April 1933
Running time
 82 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

The Empress and I (German: Ich und die Kaiserin) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. The multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit at UFA, several of whom left the country after the film's release due to the Nazi Party's assumption of power.

Synopsis

After a fall from a horse, a wealthy Marquis is believed to be dying. While he lies there, he is comforted by the singing of a beautiful woman. When he unexpectedly recovers he tries to seek out this young woman. Due to series of confusions he believes her to be Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III of France. In fact the woman was a Eugenie's hairdresser, a vivacious young woman engaged to be married to an aspiring composer and conductor currently working for the celebrated Jacques Offenbach.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p.209

Bibliography

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