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Director
  
Paul Wegener

Duration
  

Country
  
GermanyPoland

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Drama, History

Language
  
German

Writer
  
Alfred Schirokauer
,
Herbert Tjadens
,
Johannes Eckardt
,
Rolf Meyer

Release date
  
17 January 1936

Initial release
  
January 17, 1936 (Germany)

Directors
  
Paul Wegener, Stanislaw Wasylewski

Music director
  
Leon Schiller, Roman Palester, Hans Erdmann

Screenplay
  
Carl Haensel, Johannes Eckardt, Herbert Tjadens

Cast
  
Michael Bohnen
(August der Starke),
Lil Dagover
(Grafin Aurore Konigsmark),
Marieluise Claudius
(Grafin Anna Constanze Cosel),
Franz Schafheitlin
(Flemming),
Ernst Legal
(Graf Saumagen)

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Augustus the Strong (German: August der Starke) is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland.

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Production

The film was based on a novel by the popular German writer Alfred Schirokauer. A separate version in Polish was made, directed by Stanislaw Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast. Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.

Cast

  • Michael Bohnen - August der Starke
  • Lil Dagover - Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
  • Marieluise Claudius - Gräfin Anna Constanze Cosel
  • Günther Hadank - Karl XII
  • Franz Schafheitlin - Flemming
  • Ernst Legal - Graf Saumagen
  • Walther Süssenguth - Fürstenberg
  • Maria Krahn - Eberhardine
  • Karl Hannemann - Patkul
  • Paul Mederow - Pöppelmann
  • Hans Kettler - Schulenburg
  • Curt Lucas - Graf Hoym
  • Rose Borgh - Hofdame Ballett 2
  • Eva Wegener - Hofdame Ballett 1
  • Ernst Rotmund - Wirt in Warschau
  • Hans Rudolf Waldburg - Bischof von Gnesen
  • Ewald Schindler - Leibmedikus
  • Franz Weilhammer - Permoser
  • Carl Heinz Charrell - Dinglinger
  • Paul Hildebrandt - Leibbursche bei Karl XII
  • Ferdinand Asper - Ballettmeister
  • Wolfgang von Schwindt - Zeremonienmeister
  • Dieter Horn - Brühl
  • Franz Stein - Superintendent
  • Armin Schweizer - Hoffriseur
  • Kai Möller - General Piper
  • Maria Loja - Ballettmeisterin
  • Hamala - Eine Tänzerin
  • Maria Balcerkiewiczówna - Fürstin Jablonowska
  • Maria Wieke - Ihre Begleiterin
  • Tamara Wiszniewska - Jasia
  • Franciszek Brodniewicz - Adelsmarschall
  • Wanda Jarszewska - Eine polnische Wirtin
  • Harry Muratov - Ein polnischer Wirt
  • Loda Halama - Junge Verlobte
  • Wilhelm Mewes - Sächsischer Kutscher
  • Aleksander Suchcicki - Hofmarschall

    • References

    Augustus the Strong (film) Wikipedia
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    Augustus the Strong (film) IMDb


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