The Czar's Courier

{{Short description|1936 film directed by Richard Eichberg}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = The Czar's Courier |image = The Czar's Courier.jpg |caption = German film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Der Kurier des Zaren}} |director = [[Richard Eichberg]] |producer = {{ubl|Richard Eichberg|[[Joseph N. Ermolieff]]|[[Pierre O'Connell]]}} |writer = [[Jules Verne]] (novel)<br>Hans Kyser |starring = {{ubl|[[Anton Walbrook]]|[[Lucie Höflich]]|[[Maria Andergast]]}} |music = [[Hans Sommer (composer, born 1904)|Hans Sommer]] |cinematography = [[Ewald Daub]]<br>A. O. Weitzenberg |editing = [[Roger von Norman]] |studio = {{ubl|Ermolieff Films|Richard Eichberg-Film}} |distributor = [[Tobis Film]]<br>[[Sascha-Film|Sascha Film]] (Austria) |released = {{Film date|1936|2|7|df=yes}} |runtime = |country = Germany |language = German }} '''''The Czar's Courier''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der Kurier des Zaren'''}}) is a 1936 German [[historical drama]] film directed by [[Richard Eichberg]] and starring [[Anton Walbrook]], [[Lucie Höflich]], and [[Maria Andergast]]. It is an adaptation of [[Jules Verne]]'s 1876 novel ''[[Michael Strogoff]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rentschler|first=Eric|title=German Film & Literature: Adaptations and Transformations|publisher=Methuen|location=New York, NY|year=1986|page=342|isbn=0415239753}}</ref>

It was shot at the [[Johannisthal Studios]] in [[Berlin]] and [[location filming|on location]] in [[Bulgaria]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Willi Herrmann]] and [[Alfred Bütow]]. A separate French-language version, ''[[Michel Strogoff (1936 film)|Michel Strogoff]]'', was also produced.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Anton Walbrook]] as Lt. Michael Strogoff *[[Lucie Höflich]] as Marfa Strogoff, Michael's mother *[[Maria Andergast]] as Nadja *[[Alexander Golling]] as Iwan Ogareff *[[Hilde Hildebrand]] as Zangara, Ogareff's mistress *[[Kurt Vespermann]] as Alcide Jolivet, French journalist *[[Theo Lingen]] as Harry Blount, British journalist *Olga Schaub as Mascha, a young gypsy *[[Hans Zesch-Ballot]] as The Czar *[[Herbert Hübner]] as Grand Duke Fedor *[[Bernhard Goetzke]] as Emir Feofar *[[Heinz Wemper]] as Wassili *Walter Brückner as postmaster *Else Eismann as old gypsy *Walter Albrecht as Tartar officer *Max Rosenhauer as Officer in the train *Walter von Allwoerden as Russian officer *[[Ernst Behmer]] as Train conductor *Jens von Hagen as Czarist officer }}

==See also== *''[[The Soldier and the Lady]]'' (1937)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Waldman|first=Harry|title=Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2008|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=978-0786438617}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0027856}}

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