Augustus the Strong (film)
Augustus the Strong (German: August der Starke) is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland.
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| Directed by | Paul Wegener |
| Produced by | Carl Haensel |
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| Music by | Hans Erdmann |
| Cinematography | Karl Puth |
| Edited by | Rolf Meyer |
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| Distributed by | Hammer-Tonfilm |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
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| Language | German |
Production
A multiple-language version was made in Polish, directed by Stanisław Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast.[1] Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.[2]
Cast
- Michael Bohnen as Augustus the Strong
- Lil Dagover as Countess Aurore Königsmark
- Marieluise Claudius as Countess Anna Constanze Cosel
- Günther Hadank as Charles XII
- Franz Schafheitlin as Flemming
- Ernst Legal as Joseph Fröhlich/Count Saumagen
- Walther Süssenguth as Fürstenberg
- Maria Krahn as Eberhardine
- Karl Hannemann as Patkul
- Paul Mederow as Pöppelmann
- Hans Kettler as Schulenburg
- Curt Lucas as Count Hoym
- Rose Borgh as Ballet Dancer 2
- Eva Wegener as Ballet Dancer 1
- Ernst Rotmund as Wirt in Warschau
- Hans Rudolf Waldburg as the Bishop of Gnesen
- Ewald Schindler as the personal phyisicina
- Franz Weilhammer as Permoser
- Carl Heinz Charrell as Dinglinger
- Paul Hildebrandt as Leibbursche bei Karl XII
- Ferdinand Asper as Ballet Master
- Wolfgang von Schwindt as Zeremonienmeister
- Dieter Horn as Brühl
- Franz Stein as Superintendent
- Armin Schweizer as Hoffriseur
- Kai Möller as General Piper
- Maria Loja as Ballett Master
- Hamala as Eine Tänzerin
- Maria Balcerkiewiczówna as Princess Jablonowska
- Maria Wieke as Ihre Begleiterin
- Tamara Wiszniewska as Jasia
- Franciszek Brodniewicz as Adelsmarschall
- Wanda Jarszewska as Eine polnische Wirtin
- Harry Muratov as Ein polnischer Wirt
- Loda Halama as Junge Verlobte
- Wilhelm Mewes as Sächsischer Kutscher
- Aleksander Suchcicki as Hofmarschall
See also
- The King's Prisoner (1935)
References
- Skaff p. 172
- Kreimeier p. 283
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
- Skaff, Sheila (2008). The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896–1939. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1784-3.
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