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Yorck
1931 1h 43m DE
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★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Werner Krauss
General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
Rudolf Forster
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Grete Mosheim
Barbara von Wartenburg, Yorcks Tochter
Gustaf Gründgens
Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Lothar Müthel
General von Clausewitz
Friedrich Kayssler
General Kleist von Nollendorff
Raoul Aslan
Marschall MacDonald
Hans Rehmann
Leutnant Rüdiger Heyking
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Gustav Ucicky
- Writers
- Hans Müller, Robert Liebmann, Arthur Pohl
- Languages
- German
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The take
Gustav Ucicky directs. Carl Hoffmann behind the camera. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 195 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Gustav Ucicky, shot by Carl Hoffmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Werner Krauss and Rudolf Forster and Grete Mosheim carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0022585 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Carl Hoffmann
- Runtime
- 103 min · 1h 43m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- IMDB
- Yorck (1931)
Also by
Gustav Ucicky
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1931-12-23
