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1934 film

The Princess's Whim

Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot Karl Hartl
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot Karl Hartl Irma von Cube Louis Verneuil
Based on	My Sister and I by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Marie Bell Albert Préjean Armand Bernard
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Ralph Benatzky Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions
Distributed by	L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date	16 January 1934 (1934-01-16)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	French

The Princess's Whim (French: Caprice de princesse) is a 1934 French-German comedy film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Karl Hartl and starring Marie Bell, Albert Préjean and Armand Bernard. It was produced as the French-language version of the 1933 German film Her Highness the Saleswoman and distributed by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of UFA. It is based on the play My Sister and I by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting.

Synopis

Princess Isabelle falls in love with André, a literary historian in charge of her family's library, but he is not interested due to her grandiose manner. He seeks a woman from a more simple background. Isabelle then passes herself off as a financially struggling younger sister Irène, who worked as a salesgirl, in order to win him over.

Cast

Marie Bell as Irène / Isabelle
Albert Préjean as André Martine / André Méry
Armand Bernard as Barnabé
Roger Dann as Octave
Guy Sloux as Paul
Germaine Roger as Henriette
Gaston Jacquet as Le notaire
Fernand Frey as Felix - le valet
Sinoël as Un matelot
Bill Bocket as Le contrôleur
Gaston Mauger as Le capitaine
Marcel Merminod as Un matelot

References

Bock & Bergfelder p.185
Alpi p.71
Goble p.39

Bibliography

Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works. McFarland, 1998.
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Lloyd, Christopher. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Manchester University Press, 2007.

External links

The Princess's Whim at IMDb

v t e The films of Karl Hartl
A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) Mountains on Fire (1931) The Prince of Arcadia (1932) The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) F.P.1 (1932) Her Highness the Saleswoman (1933) The Princess's Whim (1934) Gold (1934) So Ended a Great Love (1934) The Gypsy Baron (1935) The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936) The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) Ride to Freedom (1937) Whom the Gods Love (1942) The Angel with the Trumpet (1948) House of Life (1952) The Wonder Kid (1952) Everything for Father (1953) A Musical War of Love (1953) Walking Back into the Past (1954) Mozart (1955)

The films of Karl Hartl

A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
Mountains on Fire (1931)
The Prince of Arcadia (1932)
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
F.P.1 (1932)
Her Highness the Saleswoman (1933)
The Princess's Whim (1934)
Gold (1934)
So Ended a Great Love (1934)
The Gypsy Baron (1935)
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Ride to Freedom (1937)
Whom the Gods Love (1942)
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)
House of Life (1952)
The Wonder Kid (1952)
Everything for Father (1953)
A Musical War of Love (1953)
Walking Back into the Past (1954)
Mozart (1955)

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