
The Shop Around the Corner(1940)
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.


“Watch your own first timid flight of young love unfold before your eyes in this sweet-scented romance. Hear the "Student Prince" music.”
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

Ramon Novarro
Prince Karl Heinrich

Norma Shearer
Kathi

Jean Hersholt
Dr. Jüttner

Gustav von Seyffertitz
King Karl VII

Philippe De Lacy
Heir Apparent

Edgar Norton
Lutz
Bobbie Mack
Kellermann

Edward Connelly
Court Marshal

Otis Harlan
Old Ruder
John S. Peters
Student
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg is a drama, romance film released in 1928 exploring themes of prince, duty, beer, heidelberg, love, university. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt. A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
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