Film

The Heart of a Queen

6.319401h 52mDrama

Director: Carl Froelich
Year: 1940

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her emotional perception rather lyrically, with some songs, mainly by her.

Top cast

Zarah Leander

Maria Stuart

Willy Birgel

Lord Bothwell

Maria Koppenhöfer

Elisabeth I.

Lotte Koch

Lady Johanna Gordon

Axel von Ambesser

Henry Darnley

Friedrich Benfer

David Riccio

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Walther Suessenguth

Odo Krohmann

Herbert Hübner

Emil Heß

Karl Haubenreißer

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Anneliese von Eschstruth

Ruth Buchardt

Lisa Lesco

Margot Hielscher

Eine der vier Marien

Josef Sieber

Directed by

Carl Froelich

Written by

Harald Braun, Jacob Geis, Rolf Reißmann

Produced by

Carl Froelich