Released:
1934-03-01

Overview:
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.

Director:
Herbert Wilcox

Runtime:
1h 17min

Genre:
Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Anna Neagle
  as
  Queen Nadina
• 
  Fernand Gravey
  as
  Carl
• 
  Muriel Aked
  as
  Marie Soubrekoff
• 
  Miles Malleson
  as
  The Chancellor
• 
  Gibb McLaughlin
  as
  General Korensky