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| producer = [[Ernst Hugo Correll ]]
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| writer = [[Robert Liebmann]] <br> [[Hans Müller-Einigen|Hans Müller]] <br> [[Arthur Pohl ]]
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| cinematography = [[Carl Hoffmann ]]
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'''''Yorck''''' is a 1931 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[war film]] directed by [[Gustav Ucicky]] and starring [[Werner Krauss]], [[Grete Mosheim]] and [[Rudolf Forster]].<ref>Noack p.59</ref> 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''''' is a 1931 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[war film]] directed by [[Gustav Ucicky]] and starring [[Werner Krauss]], [[Grete Mosheim]] and [[Rudolf Forster]].<ref>Noack p.59</ref> 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.

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Yorck
Directed byGustav Ucicky
Written by
Produced byErnst Hugo Correll
Starring
CinematographyCarl Hoffmann
Edited byEduard von Borsody
Music byWerner Schmidt-Boelcke
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
23 December 1931
Running time
102 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.

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

References

  1. ^ Noack p.59

Bibliography

  • Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.