Her Highness the Saleswoman

Her Highness the Saleswoman (German: Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Liane Haid, Willi Forst and Paul Kemp.^[1][2] The film is based on the play My Sister and I by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location shooting took place around Lake Constance and Lindau in Bavaria.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It premiered in Hamburg and first appeared in Berlin at the city's Gloria-Palast.^[4] A separate French-language version The Princess's Whim was also produced.

Her Highness the Saleswoman
Directed by	Karl Hartl
Written by	Karl Hartl
Based on	My Sister and I by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil
Produced by	Fritz Klotsch Arnold Pressburger Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Liane Haid Willi Forst Paul Kemp
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Ralph Benatzky Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	4 November 1933 (1933-11-04)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

The temperamental Princess Irene falls in love with the literary historian André, but he dislikes her behaviour. Shen then pursues him pretending to be Irene's poor younger sister, who is struggling to make a living as a saleswoman in a shoe shop.

Cast

• Liane Haid as Irene, Gräfin von Wittenbrugg
• Willi Forst as Dr. André Lenz
• Paul Kemp as Peter Knoll
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Paul
• Gerhard Bienert as Der Kontrolleur
• Max Gülstorff as Der Notar
• Margot Köchlin as Henriette
• Theo Lingen as Felix
• Walter Steinbeck as Der Kapitän
• Jakob Tiedtke as Ein Kunde
• Kurt von Ruffin as Otto