Yorck
| Yorck | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
| Starring | Werner Krauss Gustaf Gründgens Rudolf Forster |
Release date | 23 December 1931 |
Running time | 102 min |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. 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.
Cast
- Werner Krauss as General Yorck von Wartenberg
- Grete Mosheim as Barbara
- Rudolf Forster as King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
- Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
- Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz
- Friedrich Kayßler as General Kleist von Nollendorf
- Raoul Aslan as General McDonald
- Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rüdiger Heyking
- Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
- Günther Hadank as Seydlitz
- Theodor Loos as Roeder
- Paul Otto as Natzmer
- Otto Wallburg as Field Marshal Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij
- Jakob Tiedtke as Krause
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Categories:
- 1931 films
- 1930s biographical films
- 1930s historical films
- 1930s war films
- German biographical films
- German historical films
- German war films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German-language films
- Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
- Films set in the 1810s
- Napoleonic Wars films
- Prussian films
- 1930s German film stubs
- War film stubs
- German black-and-white films