Love in Exile

Love in Exile

63 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 9, 1936

When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.

Love in Exile

63 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 9, 1936

Love in Exile
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
Producers
Original title Love in Exile
Directors Alfred L. Werker
Writers Ernest Betts, Roger Burford, Gene Markey, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Cast

Helen Vinson

as Countess Xandra St. Aurion

Clive Brook

as King Regis VI

Mary Carlisle

as Emily Stewart

Ronald Squire

as Paul

Cecil Ramage

as John Weston

Will Fyffe

as Doc Tate

Tamara Desni

as Tanya

Edmund Breon

as Baron Zarroy

Henry Oscar

as Dictator