Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King

Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King
Directed by	Rudolf Meinert
Produced by	Rudolf Meinert
Written by	Rudolf Meinert
Starring	Diana Karenne Maria Reisenhofer Gustav May Ludwig Hartau
Cinematography	Max Fassbender Ernest Plhak
Production company	Meinert Film
Release dates	27 October 1922
Country	Weimar Republic
Language	Silent German intertitles

Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (German: Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film depicts the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.

Cast

• Diana Karenne – Marie Antoinette
• Maria Reisenhofer – Maria Theresia
• Gustav May – Josef II.
• Ludwig Hartau – Ludwig XV.
• Viktor Schwanneke – Ludwig XVI.
• Ernst Hofmann – Artois
• Uschi Elleot – Lamballe
• Lia Eibenschütz – Gräfin Polignac
• Olga Limburg – de la Motte
• Eugen Burg – Graf de la Motte
• Erich Kaiser-Titz – Kardinal Rohan
• Heinrich Schroth – Graf Orleans
• Georg H. Schnell – Lafayette
• Hermann Vallentin – Mirabeau
• Georg John – Robespierre
• Max Grünberg – Marat
• Ernst Pia – Dr. Guillotin
• William Dieterle – Drouet
• Henry Bender – Finanzminister
• Edmund Löwe – Hue
• Rudolf Klein-Rhoden – Böhmer
• Emil Stammer – Abt Vermont
• Hans Oberg – Simon

Bibliography

• Vacche, Angela Dalle. Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema. University of Texas Press, 2008.

External links

• Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King at the Internet Movie Database