The Queen Was in the Parlour (film)

For the 1949 film with the same German title, see The Last Night (1949 film).

The Queen Was in the Parlour
Directed by	Graham Cutts
Written by	Fanny Carlsen Graham Cutts
Produced by	Michael Balcon Hermann Fellner Arnold Pressburger Josef Somlo
Starring	Lili Damita Louis Ralph Paul Richter Harry Liedtke
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek
Music by	Gustav Gold
Production companies	Gainsborough Pictures UFA
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	April 1927 (1927-04)
Running time	7,250 feet [1]
Countries	United Kingdom Germany
Languages	Silent English intertitles German intertitles

The Queen Was in the Parlour is a 1927 Anglo-German silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter. ^[2] It was based on the Noël Coward play The Queen Was in the Parlour . Its German title was Die letzte Nacht.

Production

The film was made as part of an Anglo-German co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and the leading German company UFA. It was shot at UFA's Babelsberg Studio in Berlin. ^[3] It was the first of several co-productions between Gainsborough and German companies. ^[4]

Cast

• Lili Damita as Nadya
• Louis Ralph as Prince Alex
• Paul Richter as Sabien Pascal
• Harry Liedtke as Prince Keri
• Trude Hesterberg as Herzogin Xenia
• Rudolf Klein-Rogge as General Kish
• Ernő Verebes as King's Adjutant
• Frida Richard as Zana

References

1. Low p.432
2. BFI.org and external links
3. p.Cook p.36-37
4. Cook p.64-65

Bibliography

• Cook, Pam (ed.). Gainsborough Pictures. Casssell, 1997.
• Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

• The Queen Was in the Parlour at IMDb
• The Queen Was in the Parlour on YouTube