The Tsarevich (1929 film) explained

The Tsarevich
Native Name:
Producer:	Liddy Hegewald
Starring:	Iván Petrovich Marietta Millner Albert Steinrück
Music:	Franz Lehár
Cinematography:	Eduard Hoesch
Studio:	Hegewald Film
Distributor:	Hegewald Film
Country:	Germany
Language:	Silent German intertitles

The Tsarevich (German: Der Zarewitsch) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Iván Petrovich, Marietta Millner and Albert Steinrück.^[1] The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann.

Like the 1927 operetta Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehár it is based on a play by Gabriela Zapolska, inspired by the troubled relationship between Peter the Great and his son Tsarevich Alexei.

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Lya Christy
• Fritz Eckert
• John F. Hamilton as Grigory
• Paul Heidemann as Pawel
• Senia Kulatschkoff
• Marietta Millner as Sonja Iwanowna
• Paul Otto
• Iván Petrovich as Czarewitch
• Albert Steinrück as The Czar

See also

• The Tsarevich (1933)
• The Little Czar (1954), also with Iván Petrovich

Notes and References

1. Book: Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. 1999. 1027. 978-3-11-095194-3.