Royal Children

Royal Children
Royal Children
	Princess Ulrike (Jenny Jugo) holds court.
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Emil Burri; Herbert Witt; Helmut Käutner;
Produced by	Eberhard Klagemann
Starring	Jenny Jugo; Peter van Eyck; Hedwig Wangel;
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by	Bernhard Eichhorn
Production; companies	Bavaria Film; Klagemann-Film;
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih; Sascha Film (Austria);
Release date	20 January 1950;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Royal Children (German: Königskinder) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Jenny Jugo, Peter van Eyck and Hedwig Wangel.^[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Bad Wimpfen and at Hornberg Castle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. It was a major commercial failure on release.^[2]

Synopsis

At the end of the Second World War, part of the traditional royal family are forced to flee from their historic lands. They still possess a castle in Bavaria. After a difficult journey to reach it they find that the castle is in ruins. Gradually they try to rebuild their lives in their new home and adjust to the challenges of modern life.

Cast

Jenny Jugo as Prinzessin Ulrike von Brandenburg
Peter van Eyck as Paul König
Hedwig Wangel as Frau von Bockh, Oberhofmeisterin
Erika von Thellmann as Yella von Beuthel, Hofdame der Prinzessin
Thea Thiele as Felizitas, Herzogin von Lauenstein
Friedrich Schoenfelder as Prinz Alexander 'Sascha' von Thessalien
Walter Kottenkamp as Achilles, Prinz von Brandenburg, Onkel von Ulrike
Theodor Danegger as Hubertus, Herzog von Lauenstein
Georg Vogelsang as Daun
Rudolf Schündler as Tintsch
Charles Regnier as Graf Larissa
Beppo Brem as Landrat
Wastl Witt as Forstmeister
Bob Norwood
Gertrud Wolle as Lehrerin
Barbara Gallauner as Sekretärin
Beppo Schwaiger as Karl
Marion Kässl
Helmut Käutner as German policeman
Franz Loskarn

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 228
^ Davidson & Hake p. 50

Bibliography

Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.
Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

Royal Children at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 228

[2] Davidson & Hake p. 50

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