The Queen Was in the Parlour
Also known as La nuit nuptiale in France; Forbidden Love in the USA : {The Queen Was in the Parlor}
(1927) England/Germany
B&W : Eight reels / 7250 feet
Directed by Graham Cutts
Cast: Lili Damita [Prinzessin Nadya von Kraya], Louis Ralph [Prinz Alex, ihr Gemahl], Paul Richter [Sabien Pascal, schriftsteller], Harry Leichke (Harry Liedtke) [Prinz Keri], Trude Hesterberg [Herzogin Xenia], Klein Rogge (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) [General Kish], Rosa Richards (Frida Richard) [Zana], Ernst Verebes (Ernö Verebes) [adjudant der königin]
Gainsborough Pictures, Limited, [?] Piccadilly Pictures Company and/or Carlyle Blackwell Productions and/or F.P.S.-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung and/or Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]? production; distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service, Limited (United Kingdom) and Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat [DLS] (Germany). / Produced by Michael Balcon and Herman Fellner [?] + [Arnold Pressburger and Josef Somlo]? Scenario by Graham Cutts, from the play The Queen Was in the Parlour by Noël Coward. Art direction by Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. Cinematography by Otto Kanturek. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Germany. The film was released in the USA as Forbidden Love by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, in January 1929. The play was subsequently filmed as The Queen Was in the Parlour (1939). / Silent film.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (Germany); Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Death: Suicide
Listing updated: 28 January 2025.
References: Gifford-British n. 08215; Perry-British p. 310 : Website-IMDb.
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