Victoria in Dover (1936 film)

Victoria in Dover
Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Geza Silberer (play) Ernst Marischka
Produced by	Eberhard Klagemann
Starring	Jenny Jugo Olga Limburg Renée Stobrawa Otto Treßler
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Production company	Klagemann-Film
Distributed by	Tobis-Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date	28 February 1936 (1936-02-28)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

Victoria in Dover (German title: Mädchenjahre einer Königin) is a 1936 German romantic comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg and Renée Stobrawa. It is based on a play by Geza Silberer. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and premiered at the city's Gloria-Palast. The film was remade in 1954 in Austria with Romy Schneider.^[1]

Synopsis

After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent. While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert.

Cast

• Jenny Jugo as Victoria
• Olga Limburg as Duchess of Kent
• Renée Stobrawa as Baroness Lehzen
• Otto Treßler as Lord Melbourne
• Friedrich Benfer as Prince Albert
• Ernst G. Schiffner as King William IV of the United Kingdom
• Erik Ode as the Prince of Orange
• Angelo Ferrari as Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
• Paul Henckels as King Leopold I of Belgium
• Werner Pledath as Lord Cunningham
• Ernst Rotmund as Baron Brunow, Russian ambassador
• Julius Brandt as the Archbishop of Canterbury
• Herbert Hübner as Sir John Conroy
• Fritz Nygrin as Taglione, a dancing master
• Gustav Waldau as Professor Lenkmann
• Heinz Salfner as George - a footman
• Rudolf Essek as Lord Palmerston
• Gabriele Hoffmann as Lady Landsdowne
• Elfriede John as Lady Littelton
• Lotte Spira as Lady Flora Hastings
• Ernst Stimmel as Mr. Davis
• Otto Stoeckel as Lord Russel

References

1. Fritsche p.62

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Victoria in Dover at IMDb