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Fanny Elssler (1937)

Fanny Elssler (1937)

Drama Romance Music History
Release Date: 1937, November 4
Directors: Paul Martin
Countries: Germany
Production: UFA
Cast: Paul Hoffmann, Rolf Moebius, Willy Birgel, Hubert von Meyerinck, Ernst Sattler, Walter Werner, Ernst Karchow, Liselotte Schaak, Lilian Harvey, Werner Kepich, Hubert I. Stowitts

Overview:

Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.