King in Shadow

King in Shadow (German: Herrscher ohne Krone) is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz.^[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hesse and Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. The story had previously been portrayed in the 1935 British film The Dictator.

King in Shadow
DVD cover
German	Herrscher ohne Krone
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Robert Neumann (novel) Odo Krohmann Gerhard Menzel Harald Braun
Produced by	Harald Braun Georg Richter
Starring	O. W. Fischer Odile Versois Horst Buchholz
Cinematography	Göran Strindberg
Edited by	Hilwa von Boro
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	16 January 1957 (1957-01-16)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a soctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda.

Cast

• O. W. Fischer as Friedrich Struensee
• Odile Versois as Queen Mathilde
• Horst Buchholz as King Christian
• Fritz Tillmann as Count Rantzau
• Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Queen Juliane
• Ingeborg Schöner as Gertrud von Eyben
• Günther Hadank as State Minister Count Bernstorff
• Siegfried Lowitz as Chamberlain Guldberg
• Wilfried Jan Heyn as Baron Enevold Brandt
• Gerhard Ritter as Dr. Berger
• Peter Esser as Court Chaplain Münter
• Helmuth Lohner as Count Holck

See also

• The Love of a Queen (1923)
• The Dictator (1935)
• A Royal Affair (2012)