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The Finances of the Grand Duke

  • Film
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Time Out says

The 1994 restoration confirms that this is indeed a farce by FW Murnau, featuring such uncharacteristic ingredients as a madcap Russian princess, a happy go lucky duke, stolen letters, disguises and the like; and featuring Max Schreck, Nosferatu himself, as a comic revolutionary. Murnau takes it all at a fast clip, combining extensive location shooting with a couple of elaborate studio sets, and bringing off two or three shots which, independent of context, are as haunting as any in the canon. Agreeable yet quite forgettable, except for collectors of directorial anomalies, and Murnau-ites on the hunt for correspondences, gay subtexts, etc.
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Release Details

  • Duration:85 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:FW Murnau
  • Screenwriter:Thea von Harbou
  • Cast:
    • Harry Liedtke
    • Alfred Abel
    • Mady Christians
    • Adolphe Engers
    • Max Schreck
    • Walter Rilla
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