The Love of a Queen (1923 film)

The Love of a Queen
Film poster
GermanDie Liebe einer Königin
Directed byLudwig Wolff
Written byLudwig Wolff
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJulius Balting
Axel Graatkjær
Production
company
Maxim-Film
Distributed byBavaria Film
Gaumont (France)
Release date
  • 14 September 1923 (1923-09-14)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

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

  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 121. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.