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Fridericus Rex
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Wikipedia article
'Fridericus Rex' (German: 'Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang') is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Arzn von Cserpy and starring Otto Gebhr, Albert Steinrck and Gertrud de Lalsky.
It portrays the life of the eighteenth century monarch Frederick the Great. Immensely popular, it was followed by three sequels and launched the Prussian film as a major German genre during the Weimar era.Schulte-Sasse p.93
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Dreier and Ern Metzner. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Location filming took place at the Charlottenburg Palace and other sites around historic Brandenburg.
Cast
* Otto Gebhr as Friedrich
* Albert Steinrck as Friedrich Wilhelm I
* Gertrud de Lalsky as Sophie Dorothee
* Charlotte Schultz as Wilhelmine
* Erna Morena as Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern
* Lilly Flohr as Frau von Morien
* Eduard von Winterstein as Leopold Frst von Anhalt-Dessau
* Bruno Decarli as Minister Grumbkow
* Eugen Burg
* Theodor Burghardt as General Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
* Joseph Klein
* Adolf Klein
* Friedrich Kayler as Count Finkenstein
* Rolf Prasch
* Franz Gro
* Emil He as Minister August Friedrich Von Boden
* Marie von Blow
* Albert Patry as Mller
* Lili Alexandra as Doris Ritter
* Wilhelm Prager as Kantor Ritter
* Antonie Jaeckel
* Heinrich George as Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
* Trude Hesterberg as Madame de Pompadour
* Werner Krauss as Count Kaunitz
* Maria Orska as Barberina Campanini
* Agnes Straub as Maria Theresa
* Robert Sortch-Pla as Voltaire
* Leopold von Ledebur as Louis XV
References
Bibliography
* Linda Schulte-Sasse. 'Entertaining the Third Reich: Illusions of Wholeness in Nazi Cinema'. Duke University Press, 1996.
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