King in Shadow (1957)

★ 6.9/10 104 min Drama Germany German

Director: Harald Braun

Writers: Harald Braun, Odo Krohmann, Gerhard Menzel
Novel: Robert Neumann

Streaming: Not available

Description

The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda.

Top Cast

O.W. Fischer Friedrich Struensee

Odile Versois Queen Mathilde

Horst Buchholz King Christian

Fritz Tillmann Count Rantzau

Elisabeth Flickenschildt Queen Juliane

Siegfried Lowitz Kammerherr Guldberg

Ingeborg Schöner Gertrud von Eyben

Helmuth Lohner Kammerherr Graf Holck