The Empress of China (film)

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The Empress of China
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Directed by Steve Sekely
Written by
Produced by Artur Brauner
Starring
Cinematography Kurt Hasse
Edited by Hermann Leitner
Music by Michael Jary
Production
company
Distributed byPrisma
Release date
  • 25 September 1953 (1953-09-25)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

The Empress of China (German : Die Kaiserin von China) is a 1953 German comedy film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Grethe Weiser, Nadja Tiller and Joachim Brennecke. [1]

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It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location at Wannsee in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Schneider and Kurt Herlth.

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References

  1. Bergfelder p. 125

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