The Flute Concert of Sanssouci
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (
Plot
In 1756, a masked ball was officially celebrated in the Dresden Palais of the Saxon Minister Heinrich von Brühl. Unofficially, however, talks are taking place with the envoys of Austria, Russia and France with the aim of conspiring against the Prussian King Frederick II. The Prussian envoy, Major von Lindeneck, noticed this incident and succeeded in bringing a copy of the concluded secret treaty to the Prussian king.
Friedrich consults with his generals, who urge caution. Friedrich is stunned by the reaction and now develops a counter-plan. To do this, he sends von Lindeneck back to Dresden. However, the latter is not very enthusiastic about this, as he thinks he has reason to doubt his wife Blanche's marital fidelity, and he now has to leave her alone. But loyalty to the king is more important to him and he carries out all the orders of the Prussian king.
When the envoys of Austria, Russia and France ask for an audience with Friedrich, he gives a flute concerto to gain time. (This event is based on a famous picture by
Cast
- Otto Gebühr as Friedrich II
- Renate Müller as Blanche von Lindeneck
- Hans Rehmann as Major von Lindeneck
- Walter Janssen as Maltzahn
- Raoul Aslan as Heinrich von Brühl
- Friedrich Kayßler as Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein
- Carl Goetz as Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
- Aribert Wäscher as Poellnitz
- Margarete Schön as Princess Amalie
- Theodor Loos as Menzel
- Hans Brausewetter as Correspondent
- Paul Biensfeldt as Johann Joachim Quantz
- Vladimir Sokoloff as Russian Envoy
- Friedrich Kühne as Schwerin
- Alfred Beierle as Wolf Frederick von Retzow
- Georg John as Ziethen
- Theo Lingen as Kent
References
- ^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ Hoffmann p. 44
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-57181-122-6.
External links
- The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci at IMDb
