Old Heidelberg

Category: Movies •

Genre: Romance • Drama • War •

Rating: 4

Director: John Emerson,

Writer: Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (Novel), John Emerson,

Cast: Wallace Reid, Dorothy Gish, Karl Formes, Erich von Stroheim, Raymond Wells, John McDermott, James Gibson, Franklin Arbuckle, Madge Hunt, Erich von Ritzau, Kate Toncray, Harold Goodwin, Francis Carpenter,

Language: en

Country: USA

Release Date: November 14, 1915

Plot: Karl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but he's a lonely child, not allowed to play with other children and knowing little about life outside the castle. When he reaches maturity, he is sent to attend the University of Heidelberg, and finds fellowshi with classmates and a blossoming love with Katie Ruder, his only friend during childhood and the niece of an innkeeper. However, political turmoil in Rutania forces him to return. War is declared. Heinrich returns to Heidelberg one last time to bid a somber farewell to his beloved Katie.