The Queen of Moulin Rouge

For the American film, see Queen of the Moulin Rouge.

The Queen of Moulin Rouge
Directed by	Robert Wiene
Written by	Georges Feydeau (play) Robert Wiene
Produced by	Theodor Bachrich
Starring	Mady Christians André Roanne Livio Pavanelli Ly Josyanne
Cinematography	Hans Androschin Ludwig Schaschek
Production company	Pan Film
Distributed by	Filmhaus Bruckmann (Germany)
Release dates	4 October 1926 (1926-10-04) (Berlin) 5 November 1926 (1926-11-05) (Vienna)
Running time	6 reels
Country	Austria
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Queen of Moulin Rouge (German: Die Königin von Moulin Rouge) is a 1926 Austrian silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Mady Christians, André Roanne and Livio Pavanelli. The film is based on the 1902 play La Duchesse des Folies-Bergères by Georges Feydeau. It was the final silent film Wiene made in Austria, before returning to Germany. It was made by the Austrian studio Pan Film, with backing from the French Pathé and German Filmhaus Bruckmann companies.

Synopsis

A young prince, in Paris for his education, inherits the throne when his father abdicates. But a clause in the constitution states that the new king needs to be sworn in by noon the following day or he will forfeit the throne. As the new king has already gone out for a night of carousing in Paris, those in charge of him set out to search all the nightclubs to find him while a rival group of conspirators do everything they can to try to prevent him being informed.

Cast

• Mady Christians as Die Herzogin
• André Roanne as Sergius
• Livio Pavanelli as Arnold
• Ly Josyanne as Gräfin Slowikin
• Karl Forest as Schuldirektor
• Karl Günther as Graf Slowikin
• Fritz Ley as Chopinet
• Paul Ollivier as Herzog von Pitschenieff
• Walter Varndal as Kirschbaum
• Uly van Dayen as Floramye
• Lee Goysanne
• Paul Biensfeldt

Bibliography

• Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

• The Queen of Moulin Rouge at IMDb