His Late Excellency

His Late Excellency

100 mins | Comedy | Sept. 16, 1927

In the Ruritanian kingdom of Leuchtenstein, the old ruler has just died. His subjects are a bunch of intrigants, and his only real friend was the Baroness Windegg (Olga Tschechowa), a kind-hearted, witty, and very attractive woman, who however was not much loved by the Leuchtenstein upper class. And as these are only interested in getting better positions and other wealths after His Excellency's death, the baroness invents the story that the old ruler wrote his memoirs before his death, containing a lot of intimate, delicate and potentially embarrassing details about the Leuchtenstein dignitaries. Unsurprisingly, everyone is afraid about the details to be revealed. Only the successor to the throne, Prince Ernst Albrecht (Willy Fritsch) sees through the baroness' scheme, and as he is a lusty young man, he joins in her prank.

His Late Excellency

100 mins | Comedy | Sept. 16, 1927

His Late Excellency
In the Ruritanian kingdom of Leuchtenstein, the old ruler has just died. His subjects are a bunch of intrigants, and his only real friend was the Baroness Windegg (Olga Tschechowa), a kind-hearted, witty, and very attractive woman, who however was not much loved by the Leuchtenstein upper class. And as these are only interested in getting better positions and other wealths after His Excellency's death, the baroness invents the story that the old ruler wrote his memoirs before his death, containing a lot of intimate, delicate and potentially embarrassing details about the Leuchtenstein dignitaries. Unsurprisingly, everyone is afraid about the details to be revealed. Only the successor to the throne, Prince Ernst Albrecht (Willy Fritsch) sees through the baroness' scheme, and as he is a lusty young man, he joins in her prank.
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Die selige Exzellenz
Directors Adolf E. Licho, Wilhelm Thiele
Writers L.W. Stein, Rudolf Presber, Adolf E. Licho, Wilhelm Thiele

Cast

Willy Fritsch

as Fürst Ernst Albrecht

Olga Tschechowa

as Baronin von Windegg

Ernst Gronau

as Alte Exzellenz

Max Gülstorff

as Max Buxbaum

Lydia Potechina

as Mathilde Buxbaum

Truus van Aalten

as Elsa Buxbaum, die Tochter

Hans Junkermann

as Baron von Gillingen

Max Hansen

as Sekretär Conrad Weber

Julius Falkenstein

as Apotheker Paschke