Vienna’s Neue Freie Presse reported in its February 25, 1936: “The always humorous Jenny Jugo is of the finest charm, both as the young queen and as the young girl in love. Her strong talent for feminine amiability and drollery is not expressed so completely or so fully in any of her previous roles.”

Claire Trask wrote on April 26, 1936 in the New York Times: “…this high comedy film is one of the subtlest of its kind. The historical and political background never pulls the gossamer story back into its own flat period but, rather, projects it right into our own time. Erich Engel has the light touch, a rare gift with any of the German directors, and, coming from the legitimate, he has learned to tint his dialogue with a fine but firm stroke. Though Jenny Jungo as Victoria has hardly the physical qualifications for the part, she gives a wholly delightful and spontaneous impersonation of the young girl who was compelled to adjust herself to the responsibilities of queenhood. … Supported by superior camera work, witty dialogue and an intimacy of sound which is just beginning to find its way into the German studio, the picture keeps on a level of excellency which bears comparison with the better foreign product.”

In the Austrian Film Newspaper, in the issue of February 28, 1936, on page 2, one can read: “As the young Queen Victoria, Jenny Jugo […] has been given a very attractive task, which she fulfills with great grace and fresh youthfulness. In her portrayal, the transformation of the unsuspecting, childlike Victoria, who still knows nothing of the great responsibility that awaits her, into the determined ruler concerned for the well-being of her empire is well expressed. […] Erich Engel has staged the milieu and events with tact and taste.”

I also present a 1954 remake with Romy Schneider for comparison.