The False Prince (German: Der falsche Prinz) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Harry Domela, Ekkehard Arendt and John Mylong. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Karl Machus. The film was based on Domela's book recounting his own adventures in post-First World War Germany when he briefly masqueraded as Prince.

Cast

Harry Domela as Harry Domela

Ekkehard Arendt as Baron von Korff, sein Freund

John Mylong as Fritz Stein, sein Freund

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Wolf, sein Freund

Hans Mierendorff as Wolfs Vater

Mary Kid as Wolfs Schwester

Corry Bell as Elizza, ein Flüchtling

Adolphe Engers as Frabrikant Müller

Else Reval as Seine Frau

Alexander Murski as Baron von Raaden

Carl Auen as Legationsrat Garry

Wilhelm Bendow as Der Hoteldirektor

Ferdinand Bonn as Der Intendant

Hans Sternberg as Der Bürgermeister

Josefine Dora as Seine Frau

Maria Forescu

Herta Laurin

Trude Lehmann

Sophie Pagay

Lotte Stein

Lotte Spira

Siegfried Berisch

Carl Geppert

Willy Kaiser-Heyl

Hans Leibelt

Alfred Loretto

Edgar Pauly

Paul Rehkopf

Fritz Richard

Robert Scholz

References

Bibliography

Hermanni, Horst O. Das Film ABC Band 5: Von La Jana bis Robert Mulligan. Books on Demand, 2011.

The False Prince (film)

External links

1927 films

Films of the Weimar Republic

German silent feature films

Films directed by Heinz Paul

Films set in the 1910s

Films set in Germany

Films about con artists

German black-and-white films

Bavaria Film films

Films shot at Johannisthal Studios

The False Prince (film)