King in Shadow

Overview

The film portrays the interaction of Johann Friedrich Struensee, a doctor treating the mentally ill Christian VII of Denmark, and his English consort Caroline Matilda.

Directed by Harald Braun

Top cast

O.W. Fischer

Friedrich Struensee

Odile Versois

Queen Mathilde

Horst Buchholz

King Christian

Fritz Tillmann

Count Rantzau

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

Queen Juliane

Siegfried Lowitz

Kammerherr Guldberg

Ingeborg Schöner

Gertrud von Eyben

Helmuth Lohner

Kammerherr Graf Holck

G

Günther Hadank

W

Wilfried Jan Heyn

G

Gerhard Ritter

P

Peter Esser

Heini Göbel

Georg Lehn

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