King of Hearts (1947 film)

King of Hearts
Directed byHelmut Weiss
Written byHelmut Weiss (play)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Baberske
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music byGerhard Winkler
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Internationale Filmallianz
  • Lloyd-Filmverleih
  • DEFA (Soviet zone)
Release date
  • 25 August 1947 (1947-08-25)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryAllied-occupied Germany
LanguageGerman

King of Hearts (German: Herzkönig) is a 1947 German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Hans Nielsen, Aribert Wäscher, and Sonja Ziemann.[1] The film was the first production of Artur Brauner's CCC Films, which would develop into a leading company in West German cinema. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. In the Soviet Zone of Germany, it was released by the state-owned company DEFA.

Synopsis

King Michael XXXVII has a doppelganger, Peter Petroni, who often makes sly comments about the monarchy. In his role as sovereign, Michael bans the writings of Petroni. However, when the monarch gets drunk and misses his wedding date, one of his officials gets his lookalike Petroni to take his place.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bergfelder, p. 106.

Bibliography

  • Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.


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