The Sound of Music
1965 · Drama · Family
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Film / 1937
Fanny Elssler
Directed by
Paul Martin
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Lilian HarveyFanny Elßler
Willy BirgelHofrat Friedrich Gentz
Rolf MoebiusDuke of Reichstadt
Paul HoffmannMetternich
Liselotte SchaakTherese Elssler - Fannys Schwester
Ernst KarchowDietrichstein
Walter WernerThe Maestro Foresti
Ernst SattlerKammerdiener Lindner
Hubert von MeyerinckPolizeipräfekt
Werner KepichFranzösischer Revolutionär
Hubert I. StowittsDer Prinz im Ballett
Erwin Biegel
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