The Dictator (1935)
The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King Christian VII of Denmark and his English consort Caroline Matilda in Eighteenth century Copenhagen and the Queen's tragic affair with the royal physician and liberal reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee.
Director: Victor Saville
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Clive Brook as Dr. Struensee |
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Madeleine Carroll as Queen Caroline Matilde of Danmark |
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Emlyn Williams as King Christian VII of Danmark |
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Helen Haye as Queen Mother Juliana |
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Frank Cellier as Sir Murray Keith |
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Isabel Jeans as Von Eyben |
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Alfred Drayton as Count Brandt |
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Nicholas Hannen as Prime Minister Guldberg of Denmark |
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Ruby Miller as Madame Hilda |
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Heather Thatcher as Lady of the Court |
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James Carew as |
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Mitchelson-Hill as |
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Romilly Lunge as |
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Hilda Campbell-Russell as Lady of the Court (uncredited) |
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Fryda Gagne as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Sally Gray as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Norma Whalley as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Gibb McLaughlin as |
| Directing | Victor Saville | Director |
| Writing | Jan Lustig | Writer |
| Writing | M. Logan | Story |
| Production | Curtis Bernhardt | Producer |
| Sound | Karol Rathaus | Music |
| Production | Ludovico Toeplitz | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Camera | Franz Planer | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Strassner | Costume Design |
| Art | Andrej Andrejew | Art Direction |
| Writing | Hans Wilhelm | Writer |
| Writing | Benn W. Levy | Writer |