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The Prince and the Pauper

Original title: Prinz und Bettelknabe
  • 1920
  • 1h 15m
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6.1/10
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Tibor Lubinszky in The Prince and the Pauper (1920)
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A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

  • Director
    • Alexander Korda
  • Writers
    • Mark Twain
    • Lajos Biró
  • Stars
    • Tibor Lubinszky
    • Alfred Schreiber
    • Adolf Weisse
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
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    • Director
      • Alexander Korda
    • Writers
      • Mark Twain
      • Lajos Biró
    • Stars
      • Tibor Lubinszky
      • Alfred Schreiber
      • Adolf Weisse
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    • 1Critic review
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    • Prince Edward
    • (as Tibi Lubinsky)
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    Alfred Schreiber
    • Henry VIII
    Adolf Weisse
    • Lord Chancellor
    • (as A.D. Weisse)
    Franz Herterich
    • John Canty
    Franz Everth
    • Miles Herndon
    Wilhelm Schmidt
    • Hugh Herndon
    Ditta Ninjan
    • Lady Edith
    Lilly Lubin
    • Isabel
    • Director
      • Alexander Korda
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      • Mark Twain
      • Lajos Biró
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    5/10
    "Though he were a thousand times mad, yet shall he sit on my throne."
    This Mark Twain story has been recorded at least twenty times according to the Internet Movie Database, so I'm going to assume any readers of this review know some version of the tale and write about its handling in this 1920 silent version. It has just been made available on DVD by Grapevine Video from a print that is handsomely tinted, but, alas, not particularly crisp in its details. Grapevine works hard to find the best prints available and if a better print shows up later, they'll make a DVD of that and swap it for your earlier purchase free. They always operate on the "better something than nothing" thesis and I'm glad they made this early Alexander Korda movie with a script by Lajos Biros available.

    Unfortunately, the version will not be particularly accessible. There is some fine formal cinematography, but the technique is old-fashioned for 1920 and almost unwatchable today. The film makers were too fond of the details of the book and produced an "illustrated text" sort of film, in which the audience sees a title, and then the action shows us what we have just read.

    Part of that was undoubtedly due to the fact that this was shot in Germany by Hungarians émigrés and the titles I saw were intended for an American audience. Still, the effect is stodgy and I would urge you to seek out a livelier version.
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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1922 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Austria
    • Languages
      • None
      • German
    • Also known as
      • El príncipe y el mendigo
    • Production company
      • Sascha-Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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