Fanny Elssler
- Media type
- Film
Fanny Elßler · Fanny Elssler · MOVIE
Drama, History, Music 1937
About this title
Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.