The Finances of the Grand Duke

Jan 7, 1924

1h 20m

★ 6.6

Overview

The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

UFA

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Cast

Ramon XXII, Großherzog von Abacco

Harry Liedtke

Don Esteban Paqueno

Adolphe Engers

Augustina, die Leibköchin

Ilka Grüning

Joaquino, der Kammerdiener

Hugo Block

Semjon Markowitz, ein Wucherer

Guido Herzfeld

Herr Bekker

Hermann Vallentin

der Gefährliche

Georg August Koch

der Unheimliche

Max Schreck

der Bucklige

Hans Hermann Schaufuß

der Ehrgeizige

Walter Rilla

Philipp Collin, alias Professor Pelotard

Alfred Abel

Mr. N. Isaaks

Julius Falkenstein

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