Augustus the Strong (film)
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| German | August der Starke |
| Directed by | Paul Wegener |
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| Produced by | Curt Haensel |
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| Cinematography | Karl Puth |
| Edited by | Rolf Meyer |
| Music by | Hans Erdmann |
Production companies | Nerthus Film Polski Tobis |
| Distributed by | Hammer-Tonfilm |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | Germany Poland |
| Language | German |
Augustus the Strong (
Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland. It was partly shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber
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Production
A multiple-language version was made in Polish, directed by Stanisław Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast.[2] Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.[3]
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 physician
- Franz Weilhammer as Permoser
- Carl Heinz Charrell as Dinglinger
- Paul Hildebrandt as Leibbursche at Karl XII
- Ferdinand Asper as Ballet Master
- Wolfgang von Schwindtas host
- Dieter Horn as Brühl
- Franz Stein as superintendent
- Armin Schweizer as Hofriseur
- Kai Möller as General Piper
- Maria Loja as ballet master
- Hamala as dancer
- 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 Polish innkeeper
- Loda Halama as young fiancée
- Wilhelm Mewes as Saxon Kutscher
- Aleksander Suchcicki as court marshal
See also
- The King's Prisoner (1935)
References
- ^ Klaus p.25
- ISBN 978-0-8214-1784-3.
- ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Bock, Hans-Michael . Die Tobis 1928-1945: eine kommentierte Filmografie. Edition Text + Kritik, 2003.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- Augustus the Strong at IMDb
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