The Emperor's Sweetheart

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The Emperor's Sweetheart
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Directed byHans Tintner
Written byEmil Guttmann
Hans Tintner
Based onThe Emperor's Sweetheart by Max Blau, Ernst Decsey and Alfred Steinberg-Frank
Produced by Robert Leistenschneider
Helmut Schreiber
Starring Liane Haid
Walter Janssen
Wilhelm Bendow
Cinematography Willy Winterstein
Music by Emil Berté
Production
company
Atlantis-Film
Distributed by Deutsche Fox
Release date
  • 12 January 1931 (1931-01-12)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Emperor's Sweetheart (German: Kaiserliebchen) is a 1931 German historical musical comedy film directed by Hans Tintner and starring Liane Haid, Walter Janssen and Wilhelm Bendow. [1] It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. An operetta film, it is based on the stage operetta of the same title composed by Emil Berté. It was distributed by the German branch of the American company Fox Film.

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