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The Little Napoleon is a Allemand film of genre Comedy directed by Georg Jacoby with Harry Liedtke

The Little Napoleon (1923)

Der kleine Napoleon

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OriginGerman
Genres Comedy,    Historical
Rating56% 2.8343852.8343852.8343852.8343852.834385

The Little Napoleon (German: Der kleine Napoleon) is a 1923 German silent historical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Egon von Hagen, Paul Heidemann and Harry Liedtke. It depicts the life and amorous adventures of Jérôme Bonaparte, the younger brother of Napoleon, who installed him as King of Westphalia.

The film is today best known for the small role played by Marlene Dietrich as Kathrin, a lady's maid. Her brief appearance was filmed over several days during the summer of 1922. It marked Dietrich's film debut, though she was later unhappy with her early silent films. She was cast after impressing the director, Georg Jacoby, during a meeting arranged for them. Dietrich played gradually more substantial roles during the rest of the decade until her breakthrough film The Blue Angel (1930).

The film was made by the European Film Alliance, a failed attempt by the American firm Paramount to establish a production base in the lucrative German market. The EFA was wound up shortly after the film's completion, which delayed its release. It finally premièred on 29 November 1923 at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

Actors

Harry Liedtke

(Georg von Melsungen)Jakob Tiedtke

(Jeremias von Katzenellenbogen)Wilhelm Bendow

(Jerômes Diener)Paul Biensfeldt

(Feldmarchall)Marlene Dietrich

(Kathrin)
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Loni Nest
Kurt Vespermann
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