King in Shadow (1957)
Herrscher ohne Krone
The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda.
- Date of release
- 1957-01-15
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Harald Braun
Casting
- O.W. Fischer — Friedrich Struensee
- Odile Versois — Queen Mathilde
- Horst Buchholz — King Christian
- Fritz Tillmann — Count Rantzau
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt — Queen Juliane
- Siegfried Lowitz — Kammerherr Guldberg
- Ingeborg Schöner — Gertrud von Eyben
- Helmuth Lohner — Kammerherr Graf Holck
- Günther Hadank
- Wilfried Jan Heyn
- Gerhard Ritter
- Peter Esser
Interesting facts
King in Shadow is a 1957 Western German historical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring O. W. Fischer, Odile Versois and Horst Buchholz. 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.
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