The King Without a Crown

Oct 9, 1937

0h 10m

★ 5.5

Overview

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.

Genres

History

Mystery

Documentary

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Carey Wilson

Louis XVII, the Dauphin (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

Inquiring French Nobleman Hudson (uncredited)

John Burton

Marie Antoinette (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Missionary Eleazar Williams (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury

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