The Private Life of Louis XIV

The Private Life of Louis XIV or Liselotte of the Palatinate (German:Liselotte von der Pfalz) is a 1935 German historical film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Renate Müller, Eugen Klöpfer and Maria Krahn.^[1] The film's English language release title is a reference to the hit British film The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).

The film portrays the life of the Heidelberg-born Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine , who married into the French royal family during the reign of Louis XIV. She was also the subject of a 1966 biopic in which she was played by Heidelinde Weis.

Cast

• Renate Müller as Liselotte von der Pfalz
• Eugen Klöpfer as Kurfürst Karl Ludwig, ihr Vater
• Maria Krahn as Die Kurfürstin, ihre Mutter
• Maly Delschaft as Luise von Degenfeld, die Raugräfin
• Edith Oß as Anneliese von Degenfeld
• Ida Wüst as Sophie, Herzogin von Hannover
• Renate Howe as Prinzessin Charlotte
• Maria Seidler as Fräulein von Uffeln
• Eduard Bornträger as Haushofmeister des Kurfürsten
• Michael Bohnen as Ludwig XIV., König von Frankreich
• Hans Stüwe as Philipp von Orleans, sein Bruder
• Else Ehser as Maria Theresa, Königin von Frankreich
• Petra Unkel as Der Dauphin
• Dorothea Wieck as Madame de Maintenon
• Lothar Körner as Kriegsminister Louvois
• Alexander Golling as General Mélac
• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Befehslhaber der französischen Truppen in Heidelberg
• Aribert Wäscher as Chevalier de la Lorraine
• Heinz von Cleve as Roland de Saint Cour
• Maria Reisenhofer as Die Äbtissin von Maubuisson
• Valy Arnheim
• Hilde Hildebrand as Duchesse de Montespan
• Franz Klebusch
• Fritz Lafontaine
• Maria Meissner as Marquise de la Valliere
• Anneliese Würtz

References

1. ↑ Hake p.145

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

• The Private Life of Louis XIV at the Internet Movie Database