The Empress of China (film)

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The Empress of China
The Empress of China (film).jpg
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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