Victoria in Dover (1954 film)

Victoria in Dover (German title: Mädchenjahre einer Königin) is a 1954 Austrian historical romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven and Magda Schneider.^[1] It is a remake of the 1936 Jenny Jugo film Victoria in Dover, which was based on a 1932 play by Sil-Vara. Romy Schneider's performance as a spirited young royal was a lead-in to her best known role in Sissi and its sequels, although Marischka had originally intended to cast Sonja Ziemann as Victoria.

Synopsis

After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent. While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert.

Cast

• Romy Schneider as Princess Victoria / Queen Victoria
• Adrian Hoven as Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg
• Magda Schneider as Baroness Lehzen
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Lord Melbourne - Prime Minister
• Christl Mardayn as Duchess of Kent
• Paul Hörbiger as Prof. Landmann
• Rudolf Vogel as George, a lackey
• Fred Liewehr as King Leopold of the Belgians
• Alfred Neugebauer as Lord Cunningham
• Otto Treßler as the Archbishop of Canterbury
• Stefan Skodler as Sir John Conroy
• Peter Weck as Prince Henry of Orange
• Rudolf Lenz as Archduke Alexander of Russia
• Hans Thimig as the Dean of Chester
• Peter Gerhard as Taglione, a dancing master
• Elisabeth Epp as Lady Flora Hastings
• Hilde Wagener as Lady Littleton
• Helene Lauterböck as Lady Lansdowne
• Eduard Strauss Jr. as Composer
• Viktor Braun

References

1. ↑ Fritsche p. 62

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Victoria in Dover (1954) at the Internet Movie Database