---
title: 'The Empress and I (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Friedrich Hollaender'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-empress-and-i-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024169/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Empress and I (1933)

1933 · 82 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Ich und die Kaiserin

## Synopsis

The Empress and I is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt. It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. Multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Friedrich Hollaender](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hollaender)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Liebmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-liebmann), [Walter Reisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-reisch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-waxman)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Friedl Behn-Grund](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-behn-grund)

## Cast

- [Hans Hermann Schaufuß](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hermann-schaufu)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [Lilian Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilian-harvey)
- [Paul Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-morgan)
- [Julius Falkenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-falkenstein)
- [Eugen Rex](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugen-rex)
- [Mady Christians](https://cinepixo.com/people/mady-christians)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Kate Kühl](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-kuhl)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Friedel Schuster](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedel-schuster)

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