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Directed by Friedrich Hollaender Music by Franz Waxman Initial release 1933 Music director Franz Waxman | 6.5/10 IMDb Produced by Erich Pommer Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund Director Friedrich Hollaender Production company UFA GmbH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Lilian Harvey
Mady Christians
Conrad Veidt
Heinz Rühmann Edited by Heinz G. Janson
René Métain Written by Robert Liebmann, Walter Reisch, Felix Salten Cast Conrad Veidt, Lilian Harvey, Heinz Rühmann, Mady Christians Similar Burglars, The Congress Dances, The Black Hussar, The Man in Search of His Murd, No More Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Empress and I (German: Ich und die Kaiserin) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt. It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. The multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit at UFA, several of whom left the country after the film's release due to the Nazi Party's assumption of power.
Synopsis
After a fall from a horse, a wealthy Marquis is believed to be dying. While he lies there, he is comforted by the singing of a beautiful woman. When he unexpectedly recovers he tries to seek out this young woman. Due to series of confusions he believes her to be Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III of France. In fact the woman was a Eugenie's hairdresser, a vivacious young woman engaged to be married to an aspiring composer and conductor currently working for the celebrated Jacques Offenbach.