The Dancer and the King

(1914)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1914

Runtime: 50 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Étienne Arnaud

Cast: Cecil Spooner, Victor Sutherland, Arthur Evans, Howard Lang, Marquita Dwight

Plot

The secretary of the young king of Bavarre sees and is impressed with a little girl. He watches her dancing in the street. When her father dies, the secretary takes the little dancer under his care and in time she becomes the premiere danseuse of the capital. The young king sees her and becomes infatuated. To win her, he showers attention and riches and in turn she pleads for the poor of the nation. The king grants her request, thereby incurring the enmity of the nobility, who lay all the blame for his acts at the little dancer's door.