The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936)
- Original title
- Die Leuchter des Kaisers
- Directed by
- Karl Hartl
- Genre
- romance film
- Country
- Austria
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A pair of candlesticks changes hands in a spy plot set in Europe. A woman and a man from opposite sides fall in love while trying to outwit each other.
romanticadventuroushistoricallight-heartedintriguingfast-pacedformalstaged
What happens
The Emperor's Candlesticks (German: Die Leuchter des Kaisers) is a 1936 Austrian historical adventure film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Friedl Czepa. It is an adaptation of Baroness Orczy's 1899 novel The Emperor's Candlesticks. A Hollywood film version of the story The Emperor's Candlesticks was released the following year. It was shot at Sascha Film's Sievering Studios and Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth, Werner Schlichting and Emil Stepanek. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin, and a month later in Vienna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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