Princess Trulala

Princess Trulala
Princess Trulala
	German film poster
German	Prinzessin Trulala
Directed by	Erich Schönfelder; Richard Eichberg
Written by	Hans Stürm
Produced by	Richard Eichberg
Starring	Lilian Harvey; Dina Gralla; Harry Halm;
Cinematography	Willy Hameister
Music by	Hans May
Production; company	Richard Eichberg-Film
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	15 April 1926;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles

Princess Trulala (German: Prinzessin Trulala) is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Erich Schönfelder and Richard Eichberg and starring Lilian Harvey, Dina Gralla and Harry Halm. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by art director Kurt Richter. As was common in her silent films, Harvey's heroine has to choose between several different suitors.^[1]

Plot

The young and wild Princess Trulala should finally get married! Her chosen one is the young and beautiful Prince Arnulf, whose father of the same name, the old Prince of Leinefeld, rules over a small empire. In order to get to know her groom better, Princess Trulala travels with her sister, Princess Hopsassa, both disguised as waitresses, to the residence of the young prince. The Prince too wants to get to know his bride better, and dresses up as a forester. Of course, as usual for a comedy of confusion of that time, this leads to all sorts of more or less funny misunderstandings.

Since the two waitresses are quite handsome, the village boys in Prince Arnulf's empire are now also beginning to develop interest in Trulala and Hopsassa, which in turn arouses plenty of displeasure among the village beauties of the country. When Trulala and Arnulf got to know each other better, they quickly take a liking to each other and want to escape the whole Tohuwabohu by tearing away to Munich. The old prince promptly leaves, believing that he has to free Arnulf junior from this improper "woman", this waitress. But eventually everything dissolves in pleasure, and Prince Arnulf gives his blessing to his son's marriage to that false "waitress", Princess Trulala. And quite en passé, the old man also finds pleasure in Trulala's sister Hopsassa, whom he finally leads home.

Cast

Lilian Harvey as Princess Trulala
Dina Gralla as Princess Hopsassa
Harry Halm as Prince Arnulf
Hans Junkermann as Court Marshal
Teddy Bill as Lackei
Lucie von Wartberg as Princess Lola
Eva Schmid-Kayser as Princess Lila
Leopold von Ledebur as Prince Arnuld von Leinefeld
Julia Serda as Fürstin
Emmy Wyda as Tante Eugenie
Mira Brandt as Gesellschaftsdame
Hans Stürm as carrier of "The Golden Cross"
Victor Colani as forester
Georg Gartz as secretary

Reception

Writing for the Immortal Film Heinrich Fraenkel stated: "For Richard Eichberg, it was agreed that the cinema audience would love nothing more than adventurous princesses who sit on cavalier knees, drink champagne and cause teasing stirs. How much he was right when his theory was proven by the success of the film Princess Trulala".^[2]

References

^ Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 118. ISBN 156639984X. JSTOR j.ctt14bs6q0.
^ Fraenkel, Heinrich. (1956) Die große Chronik von der Laterna Magica bis zum Tonfilm. Immortal Film. (in German). Munich. p. 358. ASIN B0000BI5PS.

External links

Princess Trulala at IMDb

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[1] Ascheid, Antje (2010). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 118. ISBN 156639984X. JSTOR j.ctt14bs6q0.

[2] Fraenkel, Heinrich. (1956) Die große Chronik von der Laterna Magica bis zum Tonfilm. Immortal Film. (in German). Munich. p. 358. ASIN B0000BI5PS.

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