The Queen's Affair (1934)
1h 17m
Running Time
March 1, 1934Release Date
Plot.
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.
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Cast & Crew.
Anna Neagle
Queen Nadina
Fernand Gravey
Carl
Muriel Aked
Marie Soubrekoff
Miles Malleson
The Chancellor / Screenplay
Gibb McLaughlin
General Korensky
Michael Hogan
The Leader
Edward Chapman
Guard
Michael Hogan
The Leader
Reginald Purdell
Guard
Hay Petrie
Waiter
Stuart Robertson
Revolutionary
Tarver Penna
Clifford Heatherley
Diplomat
David Burns
Manager
Trefor Jones
Singer
Samson Raphaelson
Screenplay
Ernst Marischka
Theatre Play
Sepp Allgeier
Additional Photography
Lawrence P. Williams
Art Direction
Roy Robertson
Music Director
Herbert Wilcox
Producer / Director
Monckton Hoffe
Dialogue
Oscar Straus
Music / Theatre Play
Arthur Schwartz
Music
Tom White
Assistant Director
Doris Zinkeisen
Costume Designer
C.C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Merrill G. White
Editor
Bruno Granichstaedten
Theatre Play
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Lloyd Knechtel
Special Effects
Geene Glenny
Costumer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Queen's Affair is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman. An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously deposed. It was also released as Queen's Affair and Runaway Queen.
It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams. Gowns were designed by Doris Zinkeisen.