Queen of the Boulevards

{{short description|1927 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name =Queen of the Boulevards | image = Queen of the Boulevards.jpg | caption = [[Werner Fuetterer]] and [[Helen von Münchhofen]] | director = [[Manfred Noa]] | producer = | writer = {{ubl|[[Joseph Than]]|[[Honoré de Balzac]] (story)}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Paul Wegener]]|[[Andrée Lafayette]]|[[Werner Fuetterer]]}} | music = [[Giuseppe Becce]] | editing = | cinematography = [[Franz Planer]] | studio = Noa-Film | distributor = [[Bavaria Film]] | released = {{Film date|1927|07|07|df=yes}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Germany | language = Silent <br> German [[intertitles]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Queen of the Boulevards''''' (German: '''''Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen''''') is a 1927 German [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Manfred Noa]] and starring [[Paul Wegener]], [[Andrée Lafayette]] and [[Werner Fuetterer]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p.155</ref> It is based on the novel ''[[Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes]]'' by [[Honoré de Balzac]]. It was shot at the [[Staaken Studios]] in [[Berlin]], and distributed by the [[Munich]]-based [[Bavaria Film]]. [[Art direction]] was by [[Otto Erdmann (art director)|Otto Erdmann]] and [[Hans Sohnle]].

==Cast== * [[Paul Wegener]] as Collin / Marquis de Herrera * [[Andrée Lafayette]] as Renée * [[Werner Fuetterer]] as Lucien * [[Nien Soen Ling]] as Paccard * [[Kurt Gerron]] as Niccinger * [[Helen von Münchofen]] as Coralie * [[Eugen Burg]] as Grad-lieu * [[Elly Leffler]] * [[Ferdinand von Alten]] as Serizy

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0343050}}

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