The Emperor's Candlesticks (German: Die Leuchter des Kaisers) is a 1936 Austrian historical adventure film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Friedl Czepa.
[1] It is an adaptation of Baroness Orczy's 1899 novel The Emperor's Candlesticks.
A Hollywood film version of the story The Emperor's Candlesticks was released the following year.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth, Werner Schlichting and Emil Stepanek.
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, summarizing the audience experience as "good direction, fair acting, and the attractively Baker Street dresses make this a pleasant film to doze at.