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The Royal Box (1929)

The Royal Box poster
Original title
Die Königsloge
Directed by
Bryan Foy
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of the British actor Edmund Kean. It follows his life and career on the stage. The movie was made as a German-language talkie and also released as a silent film.

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What happens

The Royal Box (German: Die Königsloge) is a 1929 American historical film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn and Lew Hearn. It is an adaptation of the play Kean by Alexandre Dumas about the life of the British actor Edmund Kean. It was made by Warner Brothers as a German-language film using the Vitaphone process. In Germany the film was released by the studio's local subsidiary National Film. The film was also released as a silent film in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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