The Queen's Secretary

The Queen's Secretary
Directed by	Robert Wiene
Written by	Robert Wiene
Produced by	Oskar Messter
Starring	Käthe Dorsch Ressel Orla Margarete Kupfer
Production company	Messter Film
Release date	April 1916 (1916-04)
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Queen's Secretary (German: Der Sekretär der Königin) is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Käthe Dorsch, Ressel Orla and Margarete Kupfer. A young Queen secretly marries the commander of her bodyguard, but things are complicated when his ex-lover arrives with a touring opera company.[1] The film was widely praised for its direction, acting and cinematography.[2]

Cast

• Käthe Dorsch
• Ressel Orla
• Margarete Kupfer
• Alexander Antalffy
• Guido Herzfeld
• Heinrich Schroth

References

1. Jung & Schatzberg p.27
2. Jung & Schatzberg p.27

Bibliography

• Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

• The Queen's Secretary at IMDb