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Fanny Elssler (1937)

Directed by Paul Martin

Overview

Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt—-Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles—-son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Lilian Harvey | Willy Birgel | Rolf Moebius | Paul Hoffmann | Liselotte Schaak | Ernst Karchow | Walter Werner | Ernst Sattler | Hubert von Meyerinck | Werner Kepich | Hubert I. Stowitts