The Czar's Courier

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The Czar's Courier
The Czar's Courier.jpg
German film poster
German Der Kurier des Zaren
Directed by Richard Eichberg
Written by Jules Verne (novel)
Hans Kyser
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Ewald Daub
A. O. Weitzenberg
Edited by Roger von Norman
Music by Hans Sommer
Production
companies
  • Ermolieff Films
  • Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributed by Tobis Film
Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date
  • 7 February 1936 (1936-02-07)
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Czar's Courier (German : Der Kurier des Zaren) is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Lucie Höflich, and Maria Andergast. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff . [1]

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It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Bulgaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Alfred Bütow. A separate French-language version, Michel Strogoff , was also produced.

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  1. Rentschler, Eric (1986). German Film & Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. New York, NY: Methuen. p. 342. ISBN   0415239753.

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