The Duke of Reichstadt
Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Wolfgang Goetz Adolf E. Licho Pierre-Gilles Veber
Based on	The Eaglet by Edmond Rostand
Starring	Walter Edthofer Lien Deyers Grete Natzler
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Edited by	Andrée Danis Tonka Taldy
Production company	Les Films Osso
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	13 November 1931 (1931-11-13)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	German

The Duke of Reichstadt (German: Der Herzog von Reichstadt) is a 1931 French-German historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Walter Edthofer, Lien Deyers and Grete Natzler. It is the German-language version of the French film The Eaglet, based on the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.^[1] It takes its name from the formal Austrian title of Napoleon II, its central character.

It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location around Vienna.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

Cast

• Walter Edthofer as Herzog von Reichstadt
• Lien Deyers as Maria Louise
• Grete Natzler as Fanny Elssler
• Alfred Abel as Hofrat Gentz
• Kitty Aschenbach as Herzogin v. Parma
• Margarethe Hruby as Gräfin Camerata
• Eugen Klöpfer as Grenadier Flambeau
• Erwin Kalser as Kanzler Fürst Metternich
• Ekkehard Arendt as Major v. Prokesch
• Jaro Fürth as Kaiser Franz I.
• Eugen Jensen as Graf Sedlnitzky
• Eugen Burg as Graf Bombelles
• Kurt Ehrle as Marschall Marmont
• John Mylong as Tiburce de Lorget
• Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
• Alfred Beierle
• Gertrud Kanitz

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

• The Duke of Reichstadt at IMDb

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