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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, also known as The Student Prince and Old Heidelberg, is a 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer silent drama film based on the 1901 play Old Heidelberg by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and stars Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer.
A 1927 silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer as a prince and a barmaid in love. Based on a novel and an operetta, the film features comedy, romance, and drama in Heidelberg.
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- Drama, Romance
- Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl
- 1928-01-30
Shearer is irresistible and Novarro plays the role of a reluctant prince/king wonderfully convincingly. One of the earliest of so many movies with the same theme--Garbo and Gilbert, Peck and Hepburn--but played out magnificently. How one wishes one could be with the prince and innkeeper's daughter when they down ales with the young students!
- 105 min
- 5.8K
- kittygator
Crown Prince Karl Heinrich, nephew of the king of a small domain, has a joyless existence in the pretentious formalism of the moribund court until his tutor, Dr. Juttner, arrives. After several years, Juttner takes Karl Heinrich to Heidelberg to study at the university.
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Ramon Novarro
Nov 5, 2015 · "In this silent film, a young prince attending college falls for a barmaid below his station."Aired Tuesday November 3, 2015.
- 2 min
- 3.4K
- TCM Intros
Having spent a lonely, sheltered life being tutored by the kindly Dr. Juttner (Jean Hersholt), handsome Crown Prince Karl Heinrich (Ramon Novarro) refuses to reveal his royal lineage when...
Having spent a lonely, sheltered life being tutored by the kindly Dr. Juttner (Jean Hersholt), handsome Crown Prince Karl Heinrich (Ramon Novarro) refuses to reveal his royal lineage when he...
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- Romance