Royal Highness (film)

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Movie
Original title Royal Highness
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1953
length 102 minutes
Rod
Director Harald Braun
script Georg Hurdalek ,
Hans Hömberg ,
Jochen Huth
production Hans Abich
Rolf Thiele
music Mark Lothar
camera Werner Krien
cut Claus from Boro
occupation

Royal Highness is a German feature film from 1953 . The main roles are occupied by Dieter Borsche and Ruth Leuwerik . The film, shot in Göttingen and Fulda, takes place in the fictional German Grand Duchy of Grimmburg and is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mann . Mann's daughter Erika worked on the script .

The premiere of the film, directed by Harald Braun , took place on December 22, 1953 in the Turm-Palast in Frankfurt am Main.

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It tells the romantic love story between the conservative, slightly inhibited and withdrawn Prince Klaus Heinrich to Imma Spoelmann, a cheerful, impartial American.

The film begins with an overview of the tranquil but impoverished Grand Duchy of Grimmburg. At the turn of the century, Grand Duke Albrecht II ruled here. In order to relax in countries with warmer climates, the sickly and officially tired prince temporarily transferred the reign to his younger brother Klaus Heinrich, who bears the title of "Royal Highness".

Life flows on in tranquil tranquility until the arrival of the American millionaire Samuel Spoelman with his daughter Imma causes a stir in the principality. Samuel Spoelmann is on the cure in the capital of the Grand Duchy. When Imma and the "Royal Highness" meet, the old and the new world meet. Although their view of the world and politics could hardly be more different, a passionate love affair develops between Prince Klaus Heinrich and the American industrialist daughter Imma. But then Heinrich's aristocratic origin threatens to thwart the plans for their joint future, because as the designated heir to the throne - his brother announces that he will not return - he is not allowed to marry a woman of civil status.

It is then also Imma who reminds the prince, who does not want to give her up, of his royal duty. At the last minute, so to speak, the couple's fate was turned, because Grand Duke Albrecht was so impressed by Imma's love and humanity that he raised her to the nobility and brought her to his brother. He gives him happiness that he was never allowed to experience himself.

production

Production notes

The film was produced by Film Aufbau GmbH (Göttingen). The production management was with Hans Abich , the recording management with Frank Roell and Heinz-Günter Sass. The film was first distributed by Schorcht Filmverleih GmbH (Munich).

After Royal Highness had undergone an FSK test on December 16, 1953 under the number 07158, it was released from the age of 6 with the note "holiday-free".

Locations

Name in the film actual place
Court church, castle church Fulda Cathedral
Old castle Fulda City Palace
Spa garden Fulda Castle Garden
Delphinenort Castle Orangery Fulda
Hotel Quellenhof Hotel Kurfürst Fulda

The interior shots of the Agfacolor color film were made in the studios of Film Aufbau Göttingen. The outdoor shots were filmed at the Nienover hunting lodge in the Bodenfelde community 30 km northwest of Göttingen and the Winnefeld forester's lodge a few kilometers away, as well as largely in the baroque city of Fulda . Fulda was not spared from destruction in the Second World War ; about a third of the buildings were destroyed or damaged. The externally visible damage in the baroque quarter, z. B. at the orangery - in the film "Delphinenhof" - but were removed again by 1953. Fulda still has a large number of well-preserved baroque buildings that are suitable as film sets. In the film, Fulda represents the capital and spa town of the fictional Grand Duchy of Grimmburg. However, the buildings and squares in Fulda were given different names for the purpose of filming the novel.

publication

The film premiered on December 22, 1953 in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was first seen in Austria in March 1954, in Denmark in January 1955, in Finland in February 1955 and in the Netherlands in July 1955. In Portugal it was published in October 1958; it was also performed in Poland. It was first broadcast on German television on November 16, 1963 by ZDF . It premiered on television in the German Democratic Republic on December 24, 1972. The English title is: His Royal Highness .

Studiocanal / Arthaus released the film on October 22, 1998 on VHS.

criticism

Cinema found: "Touching and funny."

The lexicon of international films stated: "Romantic comedy which Thomas Mann's ironic novel does not adequately implement, but with amiable charm."

Michael Dlugosch from filmrezension.de spoke of a “remarkable film” and continued: “In Harald Braun's adaptation of Thomas Mann's 1909 novel 'Royal Highness', the viewer discovers surprising topicality in a literary film adaptation of high quality for the Adenauer era, that tells of a love story and the overcoming of a country's financial crisis. ”It went on:“ But Harald Braun's film differs qualitatively from the entertainment cinema of the 1950s, mainly thanks to the convincing direction, magnificent equipment and, even more, because of its actors who raise the film above average through their performance. In addition to Dieter Borsche and Ruth Leuwerik, Lil Dagover should be mentioned as a mentally confused countess. "

Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Royal Highness VHS cover (cover picture: Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik)
  2. ^ Royal Highness (1953) adS cinema.de (with 17 film photos). Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Your Royal Highness. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 30, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ Michael Dlugosch: A cinematic rediscovery of “Royal Highness”
    adS filmrezension.de. Retrieved December 30, 2017.