The Student Prince (1954)

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A brash young prince of a small German kingdom falls in love with a barmaid. He must choose between this romance and his royal responsibilities.

romanticmelancholicbittersweetlyricalnostalgicold-fashionedsentimentalsweeping

What happens

The Student Prince is a 1954 American musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, S. Z. Sakall and Betta St. John. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 operetta of the same name composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. The film's screenplay was written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig. Based on the stage play Old Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (itself an adaptation of his obscure 1898 novel, Karl Heinrich), the film is about a brash young prince of a small German kingdom who must choose between his romance with a barmaid and his impending royal duties. It was filmed and released in CinemaScope and Ansco Color. During production, original star Mario Lanza left the project before principal photography, necessitating his last-minute replacement by the lesser-known Purdom. Because of the contractual agreement between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lanza, songs that Lanza had recorded were dubbed with Purdom lip syncing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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