Her Highness the Saleswoman (German: Ihre Durchlaucht, die Verkäuferin) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Liane Haid, Willi Forst and Paul Kemp. The film is based on the play My Sister and I by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location shooting took place around Lake Constance and Lindau in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It premiered in Hamburg and first appeared in Berlin at the city's Gloria-Palast. A separate French-language version The Princess's Whim was also produced.
Synopsis
The temperamental Princess Irene falls in love with the literary historian André, but he dislikes her behaviour. Shen then pursues him pretending to be Irene's poor younger sister, who is struggling to make a living as a saleswoman in a shoe shop.
Cast
Liane Haid as Irene, Gräfin von Wittenbrugg
Willi Forst as Dr. André Lenz
Paul Kemp as Peter Knoll
Hubert von Meyerinck as Paul
Gerhard Bienert as Der Kontrolleur
Max Gülstorff as Der Notar
Margot Köchlin as Henriette
Theo Lingen as Felix
Walter Steinbeck as Der Kapitän
Jakob Tiedtke as Ein Kunde
Kurt von Ruffin as Otto
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.