The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
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.
- Released
- 1924-01-07
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- F. W. Murnau
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 30 votes
Cast
- Harry Liedtke as Ramon XXII, Großherzog von Abacco
- Adolphe Engers as Don Esteban Paqueno
- Ilka Grüning as Augustina, die Leibköchin
- Hugo Block as Joaquino, der Kammerdiener
- Guido Herzfeld as Semjon Markowitz, ein Wucherer
- Hermann Vallentin as Herr Bekker
- Georg August Koch as der Gefährliche
- Max Schreck as der Unheimliche
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as der Bucklige
- Walter Rilla as der Ehrgeizige
- Alfred Abel as Philipp Collin, alias Professor Pelotard
- Julius Falkenstein as Mr. N. Isaaks