The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936 film)

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The Emperor's Candlesticks
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Directed by Karl Hartl
Written by
Based on The Emperor's Candlesticks
1899 novel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Gloria Film
Distributed by Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt
Release date
  • 14 February 1936 (1936-02-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustria
Language German

The Emperor's Candlesticks (German: Die Leuchter des Kaisers) is a 1936 Austrian historical adventure film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Friedl Czepa. [1] It is an adaptation of Baroness Orczy's 1899 novel The Emperor's Candlesticks. A Hollywood film version of the story The Emperor's Candlesticks was released the following year.

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It was shot at Sascha Film's Sievering Studios and Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth, Werner Schlichting and Emil Stepanek. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin, and a month later in Vienna.

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Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, summarizing the audience experience as "good direction, fair acting, and the attractively Baker Street dresses make this a pleasant film to doze at." [2]

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References

  1. Von Dassanowsky p.394
  2. Greene, Graham (24 May 1936). "The Robber Symphony/The Littlest Rebel/The Emperor's Candlesticks". The Spectator . (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 78. ISBN   0192812866.)

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