Sword and Shield (film)

Sword and Shield (German: Zopf und Schwert - Eine tolle Prinzessin) is a 1926 German silent historical romance film directed by Victor Janson and Rudolf Dworsky and starring Mady Christians, William Dieterle and Albert Steinrück. It is in the Prussian films tradition.

The film's sets were designed by Ernst Stern.

Cast

• Mady Christians as Prinzessin Wilhelmine
• William Dieterle as Erbprinz von Bayreuth
• Albert Steinrück as Friedrich Wilhelm I, König von Preußen
• Hanni Weisse as Von Sonnsfeld, Hofdame der Prinzessin
• Julia Serda as Sophie Dorothea, Königin von Preußen
• Walter Janssen as Kronprinz Friedrich
• Harry Hardt as Graf Kayserlingk
• Robert Scholz as Hotham, englischer Gesandter
• Julius Falkenstein as Graf Seckendorf, kaiserl. -österreichisch. Gesandter
• Rudolf Lettinger as General von Grumbkow
• Paul Biensfeldt as Eversmann, Kammerdiener des Königs
• Max Gülstorff as Laharpe
• Theodor Loos as Eckhoff, Unteroffizier
• Wilhelm Diegelmann as Silberwäscher des Königs
• Sophie Pagay as Seine Frau

References

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Sword and Shield at IMDb