# The Czar's Courier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Czar's_Courier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Czar's_Courier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Czar's_Courier > Source revision: 1352943256 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 film directed by Richard Eichberg The Czar's Courier German film poster German Der Kurier des Zaren Directed by Richard Eichberg Written by Jules Verne (novel) Hans Kyser Produced by Richard Eichberg Joseph N. Ermolieff Pierre O'Connell Starring Anton Walbrook Lucie Höflich Maria Andergast Cinematography Ewald Daub A. O. Weitzenberg Edited by Roger von Norman Music by Hans Sommer Production companies Ermolieff Films Richard Eichberg-Film Distributed by Tobis Film Sascha Film (Austria) Release date 7 February 1936 (1936-02-07) Country Germany Language German ***The Czar's Courier*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der Kurier des Zaren***) is a 1936 German [historical drama](/source/Historical_drama) film directed by [Richard Eichberg](/source/Richard_Eichberg) and starring [Anton Walbrook](/source/Anton_Walbrook), [Lucie Höflich](/source/Lucie_H%C3%B6flich), and [Maria Andergast](/source/Maria_Andergast). It is an adaptation of [Jules Verne](/source/Jules_Verne)'s 1876 novel *[Michael Strogoff](/source/Michael_Strogoff)*.[1] It was shot at the [Johannisthal Studios](/source/Johannisthal_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and [on location](/source/Location_filming) in [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Willi Herrmann](/source/Willi_Herrmann) and [Alfred Bütow](/source/Alfred_B%C3%BCtow). A separate French-language version, *[Michel Strogoff](/source/Michel_Strogoff_(1936_film))*, was also produced. ## Cast - [Anton Walbrook](/source/Anton_Walbrook) as Lt. Michael Strogoff - [Lucie Höflich](/source/Lucie_H%C3%B6flich) as Marfa Strogoff, Michael's mother - [Maria Andergast](/source/Maria_Andergast) as Nadja - [Alexander Golling](/source/Alexander_Golling) as Iwan Ogareff - [Hilde Hildebrand](/source/Hilde_Hildebrand) as Zangara, Ogareff's mistress - [Kurt Vespermann](/source/Kurt_Vespermann) as Alcide Jolivet, French journalist - [Theo Lingen](/source/Theo_Lingen) as Harry Blount, British journalist - Olga Schaub as Mascha, a young gypsy - [Hans Zesch-Ballot](/source/Hans_Zesch-Ballot) as The Czar - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Grand Duke Fedor - [Bernhard Goetzke](/source/Bernhard_Goetzke) as Emir Feofar - [Heinz Wemper](/source/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](/source/Ernst_Behmer) as Train conductor - Jens von Hagen as Czarist officer ## See also - *[The Soldier and the Lady](/source/The_Soldier_and_the_Lady)* (1937) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rentschler, Eric (1986). *German Film & Literature: Adaptations and Transformations*. New York, NY: Methuen. p. 342. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0415239753](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0415239753). ## Bibliography - Waldman, Harry (2008). *Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942*. Jefferson, NC: [McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786438617](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786438617). ## External links - [*The Czar's Courier*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027856/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Richard Eichberg The Sign of Guilt (1918) Jettatore (1919) Sins of the Parents (1919) Daughter of the Night (1920) The Living Propeller (1921) Monna Vanna (1922) The Romance of a Poor Sinner (1922) Girl of the Berlin Streets (1922) Fräulein Raffke (1923) The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (1924) The Motorist Bride (1925) Women of Luxury (1925) The Girl on the Road (1925) Love and Trumpets (1925) Passion (1925) Princess Trulala (1926) The Prince and the Dancer (1926) Chaste Susanne (1926) The Prince of Pappenheim (1927) Fabulous Lola (1927) The Serfs (1928) Song (1928) Why Cry at Parting? (1929) The Flame of Love (1930) The Copper (1930) The Invisible Front (1932) A Precocious Girl (1934) The Cat in the Bag (1935) The Czar's Courier (1936) The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938) The Indian Tomb (1938) The Trip to Marrakesh (1949) v t e Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff Films Michel Strogoff (1926) Michel Strogoff (1936) The Czar's Courier (1936) The Soldier and the Lady (1937) Michael Strogoff (1944) Michel Strogoff (1956) The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961) Strogoff (1970) TV Michel Strogoff (1976) Stage Russia As It Is (1882) This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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