Nacht Mit Dem Kaiser

Plot

The English-language title of this German period comedy is A Night With the Emperor -- and it's not a Marx Brothers film. The time is the early 19th century: ambitious young actress Lisa Grossinger (Jenny Jugo) tries to advance her career by romancing Napoleon Bonaparte (Hans Zesch-Ballot) and securing his backing for a show she's appearing in. Lisa sneaks into the imperial palace by posing as a vegetable vendor (evidently these guys had full run of the place back then). Our heroine is deflected from her petty machinations by Heinz Bechmann (Frederick Benfer), a young patriot who enlists her aid in toppling Napoleon from his throne. "Then," noted the critic for Variety, "the story gets really screwy." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Jenny Jugo - Lisa Grossinger
• Richard Romanowsky - Thomas Kellermeister
• Friedrich Benfer - Heinz Heckmann
• Hans Zesch-Ballot - Napoleon I

Hans Leibelt - Mayor; Walter Steinbeck - Director; Paul Henckels - Manager; Otto Woegerer - Czar of Russia

Credit

Erich Engel - Director, Hans-Otto Borgmann - Composer (Music Score), B. Mondi - Set Designer, Ernst Marischka - Screenwriter

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