The Prince of Pilsen

The Prince of Pilsen
The Prince of Pilsen
	Film poster
Directed by	Paul Powell
Written by	Anthony Coldeway
Based on	The Prince of Pilsen; by Frank S. Pixley and Gustav Luders
Produced by	David Belasco; John C. Flynn
Starring	George Sidney; Anita Stewart; Allan Forrest
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	May 2, 1926;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Prince of Pilsen is a lost 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Paul Powell and starring Anita Stewart and George Sidney.^[1] David Belasco produced the film. It was based on a 1903 Broadway musical, The Prince of Pilsen, by Frank S. Pixley and music by Gustav Luders.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The film was parodied by Mack Sennett that same year as The Prince of Pilsener.^[5]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[6] Frederick, Prince of Pilsen, rebelling against his coming marriage with Princess Bertha of Thorwald, meets Hans Wagner, a brewer, and his daughter Nellie. The brewer, mistaking the prince for the son of a friend, asks him to join in a banquet. Hans becomes intoxicated, dresses up in a uniform, and is then mistaken by a coachman for the prince and brought to the palace. The real prince and the daughter start out in pursuit, but are waylaid by bandits. The marriage preparations at the palace are completed. Meanwhile, Hans is denounced as an imposter and it is ordered that he be shot. He is rescued in time by Frederick and his daughter Nellie. Princess Bertha, sensing the prince's devotion to the young woman, releases him from his promise to wed her, and discovers that she has fallen in love with Hans, the brewer.