Olympia

Olympia

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 23, 1930

Theodor Shall is cast as handsome Lieutenant Kovacs, the sweetheart of the lovely Princess Olympia. When the princess' snooty mother breaks up the romance, the embittered Kovacs threatens to tell the world that he has "ruined" the girl (not true!), making her unfit for marriage. To ensure his silence, the Lieutenant is promised a night alone with Olympia, just before the wedding. It is at this point that Kovacs proves he's a gentleman after all by marrying the Princess, which is what he intended to do all along.

Olympia

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 23, 1930

Olympia
Theodor Shall is cast as handsome Lieutenant Kovacs, the sweetheart of the lovely Princess Olympia. When the princess' snooty mother breaks up the romance, the embittered Kovacs threatens to tell the world that he has "ruined" the girl (not true!), making her unfit for marriage. To ensure his silence, the Lieutenant is promised a night alone with Olympia, just before the wedding. It is at this point that Kovacs proves he's a gentleman after all by marrying the Princess, which is what he intended to do all along.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Olympia
Directors Jacques Feyder
Writers Heinrich Fraenkel, Yves Mirande, Leo Birinsky, Ferenc Molnár

Cast

Nora Gregor

as Olympia

Theo Shall

as Captain Andreas Kovacs

Julia Serda

as Princess Eugenie Plat-Ettingen

Karl Etlinger

as Police Commander Karl Krehl

Arnold Korff

as General Prince Plata-Ettingen

Hans Junkermann

as Albert Ettingen

Annemarie Frey

as Lina Ettingen

Paul Morgan

as Secondary Supporting Role(uncredited)