Maria Theresa (film)

Maria Theresa
Directed by	Emil E. Reinert
Written by	Hans Rameau
Produced by	Paula Wessely
Starring	Paula Wessely Fred Liewehr Marianne Schönauer
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production company	Paula Wessely Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Union Film
Release date	19 December 1951
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Maria Theresa (German: Maria Theresia) is a 1951 Austrian historical drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Paula Wessely, Fred Liewehr and Marianne Schönauer. It portrays the life of the eighteenth century Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa.

It was produced by star Paula Wessely's own production company. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. Some location shooting took place at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna.

Cast

• Paula Wessely as Maria Theresia
• Fred Liewehr as Franz I.
• Marianne Schönauer as Maria Valeria von Aliano, spätere Fürstin Trautperg
• Rosa Albach-Retty as Gräfin Fuchs
• Kurti Baumgartner as Maximilian
• Karl Ehmann
• Maria Eis as Fürstin Gollinsky
• Rudolf Fernau as Graf Kaunitz
• Erik Frey as Fürst Trautperg
• Harry Hardt
• Franz Herterich
• Attila Hörbiger as Hofkriegsratspräsident Harrach
• Adrian Hoven as Leutnant Cordona
• Milan von Kamare as Graf Lichtenau
• Julius Karsten
• Cees Laseur as Leibarzt von Swieten
• Johanna Matz as Maria Elisabeth
• Paul Pranger
• Emmerich Reimers
• Leopold Rudolf
• Nina Sandt as Gräfin Susi Bernburg
• Dagny Servaes as Obersthofmeisterin Gräfin Hagen
• Otto Treßler as Graf Aliano
• Robert Valberg
• Rolf Wanka as Oberstkämmerer Khevenhüller
• Karl Haberfellner as Leopold
• Alfred Huttig
• Susanne Kissner as Maria Amalia
• Peter Klein as Ferdinand
• Ingeborg Richter as Maria Carolina
• Loni von Friedl as Marie Antoinette

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Maria Theresa at IMDb