Fanny Elssler (1937)
Original title: Fanny Elßler
Fanny Elssler is a 1937 German-language drama movie directed by Paul Martin, with a running time of 1h 20m. It stars Lilian Harvey, Willy Birgel and Rolf Moebius.
Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.
Cast
- Lilian Harvey as Fanny Elßler
- Willy Birgel as Hofrat Friedrich Gentz
- Rolf Moebius as Duke of Reichstadt
- Paul Hoffmann as Metternich
- Liselotte Schaak as Therese Elssler - Fannys Schwester
- Ernst Karchow as Dietrichstein
- Walter Werner as The Maestro Foresti
- Ernst Sattler as Kammerdiener Lindner
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Polizeipräfekt
- Werner Kepich as Französischer Revolutionär
- Hubert I. Stowitts as Der Prinz im Ballett
- Erwin Biegel