The Czar's Courier

1936 film

The Czar's Courier (German: Der Kurier des Zaren) is a 1936 German historical drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Anton Walbrook, Lucie Höflich, and Maria Andergast. It is an adaptation of Jules Verne's 1876 novel Michael Strogoff.^[1]

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Bulgaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Alfred Bütow. A separate French-language version, Michel Strogoff, was also produced.

Cast

• Anton Walbrook as Lt. Michael Strogoff
• Lucie Höflich as Marfa Strogoff, Michael's mother
• Maria Andergast as Nadja
• Alexander Golling as Iwan Ogareff
• Hilde Hildebrand as Zangara, Ogareff's mistress
• Kurt Vespermann as Alcide Jolivet, French journalist
• Theo Lingen as Harry Blount, British journalist
• Olga Schaub as Mascha, a young gypsy
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as The Czar
• Herbert Hübner as Grand Duke Fedor
• Bernhard Goetzke as Emir Feofar
• Heinz Wemper as Wassili
• Walter Brückner as postmaster
• Else Eismann as old gypsy
• Walter Albrecht as Tartar officer
• Max Rosenhauer as Officer in the train
• Walter von Allwoerden as Russian officer
• Ernst Behmer as Train conductor
• Jens von Hagen as Czarist officer

See also

• The Soldier and the Lady (1937)

References

1. Rentschler, Eric (1986). German Film & Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. New York, NY: Methuen. p. 342. ISBN 0415239753.

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786438617.

External links

• The Czar's Courier at IMDb