
Kuno Falkenberg, a handsome young naval lieutenant, is in love with his cousin Elly, who also happens to be the daughter of the colonel. Elly has met a swarthy and wealthy maharajah, who proposes marriage to her in a rowboat.

Svend Gade
Denmark

There is a moment, barely twenty-three minutes into Maharadjahens yndlingshustru I, when the camera forgets to blink: Elly’s fingers unfurl over the gunwale, pearls of fjord wate...
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Robert Dinesen

Robert Dinesen
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