The Finances of the Grand Duke
1924 · 80 min · Comedy, Drama
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.
- Director
- F. W. Murnau
- Writers
- Thea von Harbou, Frank Heller, Fritz Wendhausen
- Released
- January 7, 1924
- Language
- German
Cast
Harry Liedtke
Ramon XXII, Großherzog von Abacco
Adolphe Engers
Don Esteban Paqueno
Ilka Grüning
Augustina, die Leibköchin
Hugo Block
Joaquino, der Kammerdiener
Guido Herzfeld
Semjon Markowitz, ein Wucherer
Hermann Vallentin
Herr Bekker
Georg August Koch
der Gefährliche
Max Schreck
der Unheimliche
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
der Bucklige
Walter Rilla
der Ehrgeizige
Alfred Abel
Philipp Collin, alias Professor Pelotard
Julius Falkenstein
Mr. N. Isaaks
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