Victoria in Dover (1954 film)
1954 Austrian film
- Sil-Vara (play)
- Ernst Marischka
- Romy Schneider
- Adrian Hoven
- Magda Schneider
- Karl Ludwig Diehl
Production
company
company
Erma-Film
- Sascha Film
- Buena Vista Film Distribution Company (US)
Release date
- 16 December 1954 (1954-12-16)
Running time
Victoria in Dover (aka The Story of Vickie) (German title: Mädchenjahre einer Königin) is a 1954 Austrian historical romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven and Magda Schneider.[1] It is a remake of the 1936 Erich Engel film Victoria in Dover, which was based on a 1932 play by Sil-Vara. Schneider's performance as a spirited young royal was a lead-in to her best known role in Sissi and its sequels, although Marischka had originally intended to cast Sonja Ziemann as Victoria.
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.
Synopsis
After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria in 19th-century England decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent. While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband-to-be Albert.
Cast
- Romy Schneider as Princess/Queen Victoria
- Adrian Hoven as Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg
- Magda Schneider as Baroness Lehzen
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister
- Christl Mardayn as Duchess of Kent
- Paul Hörbiger as Prof. Landmann
- Rudolf Vogel as George, a lackey
- Fred Liewehr as King Leopold of the Belgians
- Alfred Neugebauer as Lord Cunningham
- Otto Treßler as the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Stefan Skodler as Sir John Conroy
- Peter Weck as Prince Henry of Orange
- Rudolf Lenz as Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
- Hans Thimig as the Dean of Chester
- Peter Gerhard as Taglione, a dancing master
- Elisabeth Epp as Lady Flora Hastings
- Hilde Wagener as Lady Littleton
- Helene Lauterböck as Lady Lansdowne
- Eduard Strauss Jr. as Composer
- Viktor Braun
References
- ^ Fritsche p. 62
Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
- Victoria in Dover (1954) at IMDb
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Ernst Marischka filmography
- Seven Years Hard Luck (1940)
- Seven Years of Good Luck (1942)
- Seven Years of Happiness (1943)
- Hannerl (1952)
- Season in Salzburg (1952)
- Grandstand for General Staff (1953)
- Hooray, It's a Boy! (1953)
- Victoria in Dover (1954)
- Sissi (1955)
- Opera Ball (1956)
- Sissi – The Young Empress (1956)
- Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
- The House of Three Girls (1958)
- Old Heidelberg (1959)
- The Orlov (1927)
- Companion Wanted (1932)
- The Company's in Love (1932)
- Two in a Car (1932)
- Three on a Honeymoon (1932)
- Honeymoon Trip (1933)
- A Song for You (1933)
- Must We Get Divorced? (1933)
- Tout pour l'amour (1933)
- The Rakoczi March (1933)
- The Queen's Affair (1934)
- Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
- Adventure on the Southern Express (1934)
- My Heart Calls You (1934)
- My Song for You (1934)
- My Heart Is Calling You (1934)
- Spring Parade (1934)
- My Heart is Calling (1935)
- Winter Night's Dream (1935)
- The World's in Love (1935)
- Forget Me Not (1935)
- Victoria in Dover (1936)
- The King Steps Out (1936)
- Dreams Come True (1936)
- Forget Me Not (1936)
- The Night With the Emperor (1936)
- Dangerous Game (1937)
- The Charm of La Boheme (1937)
- Marionette (1939)
- Two on a Vacation (1940)
- Vienna Tales (1940)
- Spring Parade (1940)
- Eternal Melodies (1940)
- Roses in Tyrol (1940)
- Vienna Blood (1942)
- Schrammeln (1944)
- A Song to Remember (1945)
- Die Fledermaus (1946)
- Tell the Truth (1946)
- Wedding Night in Paradise (1950)
- Love and Blood (1951)
- Season in Salzburg (1961)
- Wedding Night in Paradise (1962)
