Spy of Madame Pompadour

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Spy of Madame Pompadour
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Agnes Esterhazy and Liane Haid
Directed by Karl Grune
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by
Production
company
Münchner Lichtspielkunst
Distributed by Bavaria Film
Release date
6 September 1928
CountryGermany
Languages

Spy of Madame Pompadour (German: Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Karl Grune and starring Liane Haid, Fritz Kortner and Alfred Gerasch. [1] It portrays the life of the eighteenth century figure Marquis d'Eon.

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It was made at the Emelka Studios in Munich by Bavaria Film. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Willy Reiber.

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References

  1. Klossner p.360

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