The Tsar's Diamond (German: or ) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Liane Haid, Iván Petrovich and Viktor de Kowa.Klaus p.173 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-orlow_66eb2d904ca24f1e8fbede6327e7959b It is an adaptation of the 1925 operetta The Orlov by Bruno Granichstaedten and Ernst Marischka, previously adapted into the 1927 film of the same title.Goble p.190
Synopsis In a German car factory a worker named Doroschinsky is in fact a former Russian Grand Duke who fled following the November Revolution and is now living under an alias. When he meets and falls in love with Nadja Nadjakowksa, a beautiful singer and like him a émigré, he decides to sell the one remaining thing of value he has left - the famous Orlov diamond from the former Tsar's sceptre. The sudden reappearance of the valuable treasure leads to the arrival of a confidence trickster who claims that he is the real Grand Duke and the diamond belongs to him.
Cast Liane Haid as Nadja Nadjakowksa Iván Petrovich as Doroschinsky Max Gülstorff as Direktor Rosch Viktor de Kowa as Direktor Roller Kurt Lilien as 1. falscher Kriminalbeamter Kurt Fuß as 2. falscher Kriminalbeamter Eugen Neufeld as Kriminalrat Gregori Chmara as Falscher Großfürst Lydia Potechina as Falsche Großfürstin Alexa von Porembsky as Prinzessin Eudoxia Carla Gidt as Zofe Else Reval as Masseurin Theo Lingen as Köppke, Redakteur Leo Peukert as Kriminalkommissar Oscar Sabo as Betrunkener Heinrich Gretler as Monteur
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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