The Empress and I (1933)
- Original title
- Ich und die Kaiserin
- Directed by
- Friedrich Hollaender
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman gets caught up in a romantic mix-up with an empress. She pretends to be someone else in a series of comedic misunderstandings.
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What happens
The Empress and I (German: Ich und die Kaiserin) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt. It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. Multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit at UFA, several members of which left the country after the film's release due to the Nazi Party's assumption of power. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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