The king of the vagabonds

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Movie
German title The king of the vagabonds
Original title The Vagabond King
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1930
length 104 minutes
Rod
Director Ludwig Berger ,
Ernst Lubitsch (anonymous)
script Herman J. Mankiewicz
production Adolph Zukor
music Max Bergunker ,
Herman Hand ,
William Franke Harling ,
John Leipold ,
Oscar Potoker ,
Max Terr
camera Henry W. Gerrard ,
Ray Rennahan
cut Merrill G. White
occupation

The King of the Vagabonds : (AKA The Vagabond King is a) American musical film in 1930. The screenplay is based on the stage play If I Were King of Justin Huntly McCarthy and the operetta The Vagabond King Rudolph Friml, Brian Hooker and William H. Post.

action

In 1463 Paris was besieged by the Burgundians. The population begins against the weak King Louis XI. to revolt who fails to adequately defend the city. The Grand Marshal Thibault has secretly allied himself with the Burgundians and plans to assassinate the king and his niece Katherine. The niece is saved by the singing vagabond leader Fraçnois Villon, who soon falls in love with the noble princess.

Ludwig is prophesied by his astrologer that a vagabond will free the city. The king sneaks into a tavern in disguise. There he hears François singing mocking songs against the king. The ruler is enraged and has the vagabond leader and the girl Huguette, who is in love with François, imprisoned. The king orders that François sit on the throne for a week and replace him. After that he is supposed to be executed. François accepts the trade.

Thibault leads the vagabonds to free François. The king is supposed to be killed during the liberation operation, but Thibault's plan fails and Huguette is accidentally killed. François lets the Burgundians attack, which then actually withdraw. At the end of the week, Katherine wants to trade her life for François. But the king gives in before the assembled population and guarantees the couple peace and freedom.

background

The location was Paramount Studios Hollywood. Hans Dreier created the film structures. The premiere took place on February 18, 1930 at the Criterion Theater in New York. In Germany, the film first appeared in cinemas as a silent film in the Mozart Hall on March 30, 1931 and was then censored twice as a sound film. The budget for the film was estimated at approximately $ 1.2 million.

The film is one of over 700 Paramount Pictures films made between 1929 and 1949, the television rights of which were sold to Universal Pictures in 1958 . Although the film was shot in Technicolor , all TV shows so far have been in black and white.

A remake of the film, albeit without musical interludes, was shot by Frank Lloyd in 1938 . The main roles of If I'd king were Ronald Colman and Francis Dee to see. For this film too, Hans Dreier was responsible for the film construction and was nominated for an Oscar. And this time too he lost.

Reviews

Variety described the film as an artful operetta, a play full of radiant costumes, large film sets and rolling crowds.

Awards

At the third Academy Awards in 1930 , Hans Dreier was nominated for the Oscar in the Best Production Design category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The King of Vagabonds at filmportal.de
  2. ↑ Ludwig Berger - director, author . In: CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Film , Lg. 19, F 4
  3. ↑ See Business imdb.com
  4. ↑ See The Vagabond King . In: Variety , 1930.