Yorck
Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.[1] It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history.
| Yorck | |
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| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
| Produced by | Ernst Hugo Correll |
| Written by | Robert Liebmann Hans Müller Arthur Pohl |
| Starring | Werner Krauss Gustaf Gründgens Rudolf Forster |
| Music by | Werner Schmidt-Boelcke |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
| Edited by | Eduard von Borsody |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 23 December 1931 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Berlin.
Main cast
- Werner Krauss as General Yorck von Wartenberg
- Grete Mosheim as Barbara
- Rudolf Forster as King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
- Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
- Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz
- Friedrich Kayßler as General Kleist von Nollendorf
- Raoul Aslan as General McDonald
- Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rüdiger Heyking
- Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
- Günther Hadank as Florian von Seydlitz
- Theodor Loos as Roeder
- Paul Otto as Natzmer
- Otto Wallburg as Field Marshal Count Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij
- Jakob Tiedtke as Krause
References
- Noack p.59
Bibliography
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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