The Runaway Princess

The Runaway Princess
Directed by	Anthony Asquith Fritz Wendhausen
Written by	Alfred Schirokauer
Based on	Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth Russell
Produced by	Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring	Mady Christians Norah Baring Paul Cavanagh Anne Grey
Cinematography	Henry Harris Fritz Wendhausen Arpad Viragh
Production companies	British Instructional Films Laender Film
Distributed by	Jury Metro-Goldwyn
Release dates	March 1929 (1929-03) (UK) 15 April 1929 (1929-04-15) (Berlin)
Running time	7,053 feet
Countries	United Kingdom Germany
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Runaway Princess is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey.^[1]

Cast

• Mady Christians as Princess Priscilla
• Paul Cavanagh as Prince of Savonia
• Norah Baring as The Forger
• Fred Rains as The Professor
• Claude Beerbohm as The Detective
• Eveline Chipman
• Lewis Dayton
• Anne Grey

Production

The film was a co-production between British Instructional Films and the German company Laender Film. It was made at Laenderfilm Studios in Berlin and Welwyn Studios in Hertfordshire. It was based on the 1905 novel Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Lady Elizabeth Russell. An alternative German-language version known as Priscillas Fahrt ins Glück was directed by Fritz Wendhausen.

References

1. BFI.org

External links

• The Runaway Princess at IMDb