The Great King (1942)
March 2, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Otto Gebühr
King Frederick II

Kristina Söderbaum
Luise Treskow

Gustav Fröhlich
Sgt. Treskow

Hans Nielsen
Niehoff

Hilde Körber
Elisabeth

Paul Wegener
Gen. Czernitscheff

Otto Wernicke
Oberst Rochow

Harry Hardt
Adjutant von Dessau

Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Gen. Zieten

Claus Clausen
Prince Heinrich (older)

Klaus Detlef Sierck
Prince Heinrich (younger)

Paul Henckels
Grenadier Spiller

Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Spiller's Wife

Franz Schafheitlin
Col. Bernburg

Kurt Meisel
Alfons

Harry Dettmann
Production Manager

Friedrich Karl von Puttkamer
Editor

Conny Carstennsen
Production Manager

Hans-Otto Borgmann
Original Music Composer

Johannes Krämer
Costume Design

Willi Wiesner
Production Supervisor

Bruno Mondi
Cinematography

Karl Machus
Production Design

Ludwig Hornsteiner
Costume Design
Media.


Details.
Release DateMarch 2, 1942
Original NameDer große König
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Great King (German: Der große König) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Otto Gebühr. It depicts the life of Frederick the Great, who ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786. It received the rare "Film of the Nation" distinction. It was part of a popular cycle of "Prussian films".
The film is a depiction of the Führerprinzip. The analogy to Adolf Hitler was so clear that Hitler sent a print to Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Goebbels warned against the drawing of the comparison in print, in particular, because of the pessimistic mood that opens the film. After a sergeant gives an unauthorised order, the king orders him simultaneously promoted and punished. His later decision to desert results in his death because no disobedience is justified. Goebbels declared that the parallels were not a matter of propaganda, but an obvious result of the parallels of history.
Goebbels also regarded it as instructive that current sufferings would be a source of strength. Goebbels had some difficulty with the Army High Command over this film because it depicted the king as being left in the lurch by his general. He complained that the army felt that any depiction, however historical, reflected badly on them.
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