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| VICTORIA THE GREAT |
| Title of the Film | VICTORIA THE GREAT |
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| English Titles | |
| Year of Release | 1937 |
| Country of Origin | UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| Run Time (in minutes) | 112 |
| Length (in meters) | 3096 |
| Colour | Colour, b/w |
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on/Source | Play "Victoria Regina" by Laurence Housman |
| Production Companies | Imperator Film Productions |
| Producer(s) | Herbert Wilcox |
| Director | Herbert Wilcox |
| Cast | Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, Mary Morris, Paul Henreid, Albert Lieven |
| Literature | Picturegoer Weekly, 29 May 1937 Times, 17 September 1937 Kinematograph Weekly, 23 September 1937 Jewish Chronicle, 24 September 1937 Film Weekly, 25 September 1937 Monthly Film Bulletin, September 1937 Picturegoer Weekly, 2 October 1937 Punch, 6 October 1937 Charles de Grandcourt: The Queen in a Studio. Some of the Problems Confronted in the Filming of VICTORIA THE GREAT. New York Times, 17 October 1937 Mein Film (Vienna), 22 October 1937 New York Times, 29 October 1937 Österreichische Film-Zeitung, 29 October 1937 Das Kino-Journal (Vienna), 30 October 1937 London Mercury, October 1937 Monthly Film Bulletin, October 1937 Picturegoer Weekly, 25 December 1937 Picturegoer Weekly, 1 January 1938 |
| Special notes | "Mr. Walbrook makes the most of his opportunity and contributes an original and accomplished study, suggesting a man of real intelligence, capable of detachment and irony." (Times) "Excellent performance of Anton Walbrook." (Richard Mallett, Punch) |