Sixty Glorious Years
- Anna Neagle: Queen Victoria
- Anton Walbrook: Prince Albert
- Walter Rilla: Prince Ernst, his brother
- C. Aubrey Smith: Duke of Wellington
- Greta Wegener: Baroness Lehzen, Victoria's governess and confidante
- Charles Carson: Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel
- Felix Aylmer: Prime Minister Lord Palmerston
- Lewis Casson: Prime Minister Lord John Russell
- Pamela Standish: Princess Royal
- Gordon McLeod: John Brown
- Henry Hallett: Minister Joseph Chamberlain
- Wyndham Goldie: Minister Arthur J. Balfour
- Malcolm Keen: Prime Minister William E. Gladstone
- Frederick Leister: Herbert H. Asquith
- Derrick de Marney: Benjamin Disraeli
- Joyce Bland: Florence Nightingale
Sixty Glorious Years is a British historical and early color film from the year 1938. Under the direction and production of Herbert Wilcox play Anna Neagle and Adolf Wohlbrück (in exile as Anton Walbrook ) the royale, British- German Royal Couple Victoria and Albert of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha.
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Filmed in Technicolor movie - in German: Sixty glorious years - is a supplement to the previous year 1937 Wilcox turned - movie Queen Victoria. In a magnificent presentation more scenes from the long life of the British monarch to be told. During the time frame of the first film, which included years 1837-1901, there were the years 1840-1901 in this film.
Production Notes
The world premiere of Sixty Glorious Years was held in London on 14 October 1938. In the U.S., the film was shown on 11 November under the title Queen of Destiny, another performance countries by the end of 1939, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. In German-speaking countries, however, he was never shown.
When Greta Wegener in the role of Baroness Lehzen is Paul Wegener's wife Greta Schröder, who for this role twice (1937 and 1938) had received from the German propaganda minister Goebbels permission to travel to England.
The film was shot, among others at Buckingham Palace, at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle, Scotland, and in Aberdeenshire. The studio recordings were made in the London Film Studios and in the Denham Studios.
Both Victoria films were brought in 1942 as one piece with the title Queen Victoria again in the British cinema.
Reviews
Variety summed up 1938: "One of the most artistic and expensive films made in England. "
The Movie & Video Guide says: " Neagle 's follow- up to VICTORIA THE GREAT is a repeat of her fine performance as England 's legendary queen; good production values . "
Halliwell 's Film wrote: "A stately pageant apparently composed of material Which could not be fitted into the previous year's black-and -white success Victoria the Great. Fascinating, though the camerawork is not very nimble ".