Elisabeth of Austria (film)

Elisabeth of Austria
Directed by	Adolf Trotz
Written by	Georg C. Klaren Adolf Lantz Alfred Schirokauer
Starring	Lil Dagover Paul Otto Maria Matray
Cinematography	Frederik Fuglsang
Edited by	Géza Pollatschik
Music by	Felix Günther [de]
Production company	Gottschalk Tonfilm
Distributed by	Union-Film
Release date	21 July 1931 (1931-07-21)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Elisabeth of Austria (German: Elisabeth von Österreich) is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Lil Dagover, Paul Otto, and Maria Matray.^[1] It is a biopic of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Plot

Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Lil Dagover) is a free spirit expected to conform herself in a regal manner and wed to Franz Joseph (Paul Otto) . Elizabeth cannot stand her royal life and all its protocol and decides to run away from the royal court to live a carefree existence among the people.

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Elisabeth of Austria
• Paul Otto as Franz Joseph
• Maria Matray as Fanny Angerer
• Charlotte Ander as Mary Vetsera
• Ekkehard Arendt as Crown Prince Rudolph
• Ida Perry [de] as Archduchess Sophie
• Ludwig Stössel as Bratfisch
• Sergius Sax as Crown Prince Ludwig
• Ida Wüst as Jolanda Szoerek
• Eugen Burg
• Michael von Newlinsky
• Olga Limburg
• Toni Tetzlaff
• Henry Berg
• Robert Leffler
• Magnus Stifter
• Bernd Aldor
• Gustl Gstettenbaur
• Fritz Greiner

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 78.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Elisabeth of Austria at IMDb
• Overview