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What country?

posted 12 years ago by furienna
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Where exactly was this movie supposed to take place? I don't think the name of the country was ever mentioned. It seemed like it was somewhere in 19th century Europe, but where?

Intelligence and purity.

[–] booklover181 11 years ago

The beginning of the movie said Central Europe, 1910. It's supposed to be a fictional country.

[–] furienna 11 years ago

I missed the first few minutes of the movie, so I didn't see that. Yeah, it must have been a fictional country.

Intelligence and purity.

[–] ilahilda 9 years ago

They mentioned France a lot in the movie, so I'm guessing it's a small country near it.

[–] stepperry2010 7 years ago

Austria Hungery

[–] judygmartin 7 years ago

Princess Alexandra (Alix), was the daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark. This had a lot to do with the Schleswig-Holstein division with the ownership going back and forth to Denmark and Germany. I know from my genealogy study that my great-grandfather was born in S-H and was first known to be a Dane and then a German. I don't know if there was a professor, but it made for a good story.

I know this is oversimplification, but I didn't want to give a history lesson.