The Heart of a Queen (1940)

Director: Carl Froelich

As the title "The Queen's Heart" suggests, this early German black and white version of Mary Queen of Scott's eventful reign and death focuses on her emotional perception rather lyrically, with some songs, mainly by her.

Cast

Zarah Leander

Maria Stuart

Willy Birgel

Lord Bothwell

Maria Koppenhöfer

Elisabeth I.

Lotte Koch

Lady Johanna Gordon

Axel von Ambesser

Henry Darnley

Friedrich Benfer

David Riccio

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Walther Suessenguth

Odo Krohmann

Herbert Hübner