The Love of a Queen (1923 film)

The Love of a Queen (German: Die Liebe einer Königin) is a 1923 German silent historical drama film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Harry Liedtke, Henny Porten and Walter Janssen.^[1] It is based on the eighteenth century affair between the Danish Queen Caroline Matilda and the court physician Johann Friedrich Struensee.

The Love of a Queen
Film poster
German	Die Liebe einer Königin
Directed by	Ludwig Wolff
Written by	Ludwig Wolff
Produced by	Paul Ebner Maxim Galitzenstein Ludwig Wolff
Starring	Harry Liedtke Henny Porten Walter Janssen
Cinematography	Julius Balting Axel Graatkjær
Production company	Maxim-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film Gaumont (France)
Release date	14 September 1923 (1923-09-14)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz and Fritz Seyffert.

Cast

• Harry Liedtke as Johann Friedrich Struensee
• Henny Porten as The Queen
• Walter Janssen as Der König
• Olga Limburg as Queen-Widow
• Annemarie Mörike as Court lady
• Friedrich Kayßler
• Hermann Vallentin
• Louis Ralph
• Adele Sandrock
• Erna Hauk
• Rudolf Biebrach
• Max Gülstorff
• Louis V. Arco

See also

• The Dictator (1935)
• King in Shadow (1957)
• A Royal Affair (2012)