---
title: 'The Heart of the Queen (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carl Froelich'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-heart-of-the-queen-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032587/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Heart of the Queen (1940)

1940 · 112 min · Drama, History · Germany

Original title: Das Herz der Königin

## Synopsis

The Heart of the Queen is a 1940 German historical film, making selective use of the life story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her execution by Queen Elizabeth I for anti-English and pro-Scottish propaganda, in the context of the Second World War going on at the time.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carl Froelich](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-froelich)
- **Screenplay:** [Harald Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-braun)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Theo Mackeben](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-mackeben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Weihmayr](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weihmayr)
- **Editor:** [Gustav Lohse](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-lohse)

## Cast

- [Heinrich Marlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-marlow) as Der englische Lordkansler
- [Hans Hessling](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hessling) as Nelson, Henry Darnley's Companion
- [Walther Süssenguth](https://cinepixo.com/people/walther-sussenguth) as James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
- [Will Quadflieg](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-quadflieg) as Page Olivier
- [Axel von Ambesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-von-ambesser) as Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
- [Emil Heß](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-he) as James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
- [Friedrich Benfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-benfer) as David Rizzio
- [Odo Krohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/odo-krohmann) as Lord Morton
- [Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-stahl-nachbaur) as John Knox
- [Zarah Leander](https://cinepixo.com/people/zarah-leander) as Mary, Queen of Scots
- [Lotte Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotte-koch) as Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck) as Sir John
- [Willy Birgel](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-birgel) as James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
- [Erich Ponto](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-ponto) as Itinerant actor
- [Josef Sieber](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-sieber) as Paris

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