Het Oostersch sprookje 1937

Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.

Cast:

Lilian Harvey
Fanny Elßler 

Willy Birgel
Hofrat Friedrich Gentz 

Rolf Moebius
Duke of Reichstadt 

Paul Hoffmann
Metternich 

Liselotte Schaak
Therese Elssler - Fannys Schwester 

Ernst Karchow
Dietrichstein 

• Fanny Elssler