Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (German: Marie Antoinette – Das Leben einer Königin) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Diana Karenne, Maria Reisenhofer and Gustav May. The film depicts the life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.
Contents
Plot
Marie Antoinette's life story during the French Revolution.
Cast
Diana Karenne as Marie Antoinette
Maria Reisenhofer as Maria Theresa
Gustav May as Joseph II
Ludwig Hartau as Louis XV.
Viktor Schwanneke as Louis XVI
Ernst Hofmann as Artois
Uschi Elleot as Lamballe
Lia Eibenschütz as Countess Polignac
Olga Limburg as de la Motte
Eugen Burg as Count de la Motte
Erich Kaiser-Titz as Cardinal Rohan
Heinrich Schroth as Count Orleans
Georg H. Schnell as Lafayette
Hermann Vallentin as Mirabeau
Georg John as Maximilien Robespierre
Max Grünberg as Jean-Paul Marat
Ernst Pia as Dr. Guillotin
William Dieterle as Drouet
Henry Bender as Finance Minister
Edmund Löwe as Hue
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Böhmer
Emil Stammer as Abt Vermont
Hans Oberg as Simon