The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
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Directors
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Ramón Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Philipe de Lacy, Edgar Norton
The story
Young Crown Prince Karl Heinrich, heir to the kingdom of Karlsburg (a fictional sovereign state of the German Confederation), is brought to live with his stern uncle, King Karl VII. The king immediately dismisses the boy's nanny without telling the youngster to avoid an emotional farewell. Dr.
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Drama, comedy drama, drama film, romantic comedy film, silent film
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