Love in Exile

(1936)

★ 3.4 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 1936

Runtime: 63 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Alfred L. Werker

Cast: Helen Vinson, Clive Brook, Mary Carlisle, Ronald Squire, Cecil Ramage, Will Fyffe, Tamara Desni, Эдмунд Бреон, Henry Oscar, Барбара Эверест

Plot

When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.