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German | Der Kurier des Zaren |
Directed by | Richard Eichberg |
Written by | Jules Verne (novel) Hans Kyser |
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Cinematography | Ewald Daub A. O. Weitzenberg |
Edited by | Roger von Norman |
Music by | Hans Sommer |
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Distributed by | Tobis Film Sascha Film (Austria) |
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Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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]
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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