The Love of a Queen (1923 film)

The Love of a Queen
Directed by	Ludwig Wolff
Written by	Ludwig Wolff
Produced by	Paul Ebner Maxim Galitzenstein Ludwig Wolff
Starring	Harry Liedtke Henny Porten Walter Janssen
Cinematography	Julius Balting Axel Graatkjær
Production company	Maxim-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film Gaumont (France)
Release date	14 September 1923
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Love of a Queen (German: Die Liebe einer Königin) is a 1923 German silent historical drama film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Harry Liedtke, Henny Porten and Walter Janssen. It is based on the eighteenth century affair between the Danish Queen Caroline Matilda and the court physician Johann Friedrich Struensee.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz and Fritz Seyffert.

Cast

• Harry Liedtke as Johann Friedrich Struensee
• Henny Porten as Die Königin
• Walter Janssen as Der König
• Olga Limburg as Königin-Witwe
• Annemarie Mörike as Hofdame
• Friedrich Kayßler
• Hermann Vallentin
• Louis Ralph
• Adele Sandrock
• Erna Hauk
• Rudolf Biebrach
• Max Gülstorff
• Louis V. Arco

See also

• The Dictator (1935)
• King in Shadow (1957)
• A Royal Affair (2012)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Love of a Queen at IMDb