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The Prince and the Pauper

Original title: Prinz und Bettelknabe
  • 19201920
  • 1h 15m
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Tibor Lubinszky in Prinz und Bettelknabe (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.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Alexander Korda
  • Writers
    • Mark Twain(novel "The Prince and the Pauper")
    • Lajos Biró
  • Stars
    • Tibor Lubinszky
    • Alfred Schreiber
    • Adolf Weisse
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  • Director
    • Alexander Korda
  • Writers
    • Mark Twain(novel "The Prince and the Pauper")
    • Lajos Biró
  • Stars
    • Tibor Lubinszky
    • Alfred Schreiber
    • Adolf Weisse
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    Tibor Lubinszky
    • Prince Edwardas Prince Edward…
    Alfred Schreiber
    • Henry VIIIas Henry VIII
    Adolf Weisse
    • Lord Chancelloras Lord Chancellor
    Franz Herterich
    • John Cantyas John Canty
    Franz Everth
    • Miles Herndonas Miles Herndon
    Wilhelm Schmidt
    • Hugh Herndonas Hugh Herndon
    Ditta Ninjan
    • Lady Edithas Lady Edith
    Lilly Lubin
    • Isabelas Isabel
    • Director
      • Alexander Korda
    • Writers
      • Mark Twain(novel "The Prince and the Pauper")
      • Lajos Biró
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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.
    • foreign language adaptation
    • children
    • identity swap
    • based on novel
    • character name in title
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      • Drama
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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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    • Sep 29, 2014

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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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