The Finances of the Grand Duke

The Finances of the Grand Duke

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 7, 1924

The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.

The Finances of the Grand Duke

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 7, 1924

The Finances of the Grand Duke
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
Directors F. W. Murnau, Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers Frank Heller, Fritz Wendhausen, Thea von Harbou

Cast

Harry Liedtke

as Ramon XXII, Großherzog von Abacco

Adolphe Engers

as Don Esteban Paqueno

Ilka Grüning

as Augustina, die Leibköchin

Hugo Block

as Joaquino, der Kammerdiener

Guido Herzfeld

as Semjon Markowitz, ein Wucherer

Hermann Vallentin

as Herr Bekker

Georg August Koch

as der Gefährliche

Max Schreck

as der Unheimliche

Hans Hermann Schaufuß

as der Bucklige

Walter Rilla

as der Ehrgeizige

Alfred Abel

as Philipp Collin, alias Professor Pelotard

Julius Falkenstein

as Mr. N. Isaaks

Mady Christians

as Großfürstin Olga von Rußland

Robert Scholtz

as Bruder der Großfürstin