The read
It runs a compact 1h 3m.
Synopsis
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
Ratings
IMDb3.4/10
Key crew
- Herman J. MankiewiczWriter
- Ernest BettsWriter
- Roger BurfordWriter
- Alfred L. WerkerDirector
Cast
- Helen VinsonCountess Xandra St. Aurion
- Clive BrookKing Regis VI
- Mary CarlisleEmily Stewart
- Ronald SquirePaul
- Cecil RamageJohn Weston
- Will FyffeDoc Tate
- Tamara DesniTanya
- Edmund BreonBaron Zarroy
- Henry OscarDictator
- Barbara EverestAna
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookbfi