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Wikipedia article
'Yorck' is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.Noack p.59 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.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Rhrig. 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 Grndgens as Karl August Frst von Hardenberg
* Lothar Mthel as General von Clausewitz
* Friedrich Kayler as General Kleist von Nollendorf
* Raoul Aslan as General McDonald
* Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rdiger Heyking
* Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
* Gnther 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
Bibliography
* Noack, Frank. 'Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker'. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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