Finances of the Grand Duke
1924 · Movie · 80 min. · Germany
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...
Direction F.W. Murnau
Cast Alfred Abel · Mady Christians · Adolphe Engers · Julius Falkenstein · Ilka Grüning · Guido Herzfeld · Georg August Koch · Harry Liedtke · Walter Rilla · Hans Hermann Schaufuss · Robert Scholtz · Max Schreck · Hermann Vallentin
Screenplay Thea von Harbou · Frank Heller
Cinematography Karl Freund · Franz Planer
Original title Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
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