Louise, Queen of Prussia (film)

Louise, Queen of Prussia
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Produced by	Wilhelm von Kaufmann Henny Porten
Written by	Walter von Molo (novel) Fred Hildenbrand Stuart Friedrich Raff Julius Urgiss
Starring	Henny Porten Gustaf Gründgens Ekkehard Arendt Vladimir Gajdarov
Music by	Hanson Milde-Meissner
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Production company	Henny Porten Filmproduktion
Release dates	4 December 1931
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Louise, Queen of Prussia (German:Luise, Königin von Preußen) is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Gustaf Gründgens and Ekkehard Arendt. The film's art director was Franz Schroedter.

It depicts the life of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810), the wife of Frederick William III of Prussia. It forms part of the Prussian film genre.

The film was produced by Porten's own production company, founded during the silent era when she has been a dominant German star. The failure of the film led to the financial ruin of Porten's production company and she appeared in much fewer films after this point.^[1]

Cast

• Henny Porten as Königin Luise
• Gustaf Gründgens as König Friedrich Wilhelm III
• Ekkehard Arendt as Prinz Louis Ferdiand
• Vladimir Gajdarov as Zar Alexander
• Friedrich Kayßler as Freiherr von Stein
• Helene Fehdmer as Gräfin Voss
• Paul Gunther as Napoleon
• Christian Grautof as Knabe
• Inge Landgut as Mädchen
• Friedrich Ettel
• Friedrich Gnaß
• Bernhard Goetzke
• Ferdinand Hart
• Eva L'Arronge
• Aribert Mog
• John Mylong
• Veronika Nargo
• Walter Steinbeck
• Hugo Werner-Kahle
• Paul Westermeier

References

1. Killy p.42

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Killy, Walther (ed.). Dictionary of German Biography: Volume VIII. Walter de Gruyter, 2005.

External links

• Louise, Queen of Prussia at the Internet Movie Database