Fanny Elssler

Fanny Elssler

80 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1937

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.

Fanny Elssler

80 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1937

Fanny Elssler
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.
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Fanny Elßler
Directors Paul Martin
Writers Eva Leidmann, Paul Martin

Cast

Lilian Harvey

as Fanny Elßler

Willy Birgel

as Hofrat Friedrich Gentz

Rolf Moebius

as Duke of Reichstadt

Paul Hoffmann

as Metternich

Liselotte Schaak

as Therese Elssler - Fannys Schwester

Ernst Karchow

as Dietrichstein

Walter Werner

as The Maestro Foresti

Ernst Sattler

as Kammerdiener Lindner

Hubert von Meyerinck

as Polizeipräfekt

Werner Kepich

as Französischer Revolutionär

Hubert I. Stowitts

as Der Prinz im Ballett