Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Koenigsmark (1923)

Koenigsmark poster
Directed by
Léonce Perret
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
3h
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French silent drama set in a European royal court. A man uncovers secrets and a hidden romance involving a princess.

melodramaticatmosphericmelancholicslow-pacedromanticmysteriousstatelyclassical

What happens

Koenigsmark is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Maurice Lehmann, Huguette Duflos and Jaque Catelain. It is an adaptation of the 1918 novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoit. It was the first of several screen adaptations of the work. It is also known by the alternative title of The Secret Spring. In 1926 it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?