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Kolberg is a 1945 German historical film directed by Veit Harlan. One of the last films of the Third Reich, it was intended as a Nazi propaganda piece to shore up the will of the German population to resist the Allies. The film is based on the autobiography of Joachim Nettelbeck, mayor of Kolberg in western Pomerania. It tells the story of the defence of the besieged fortress town of Kolberg against French troops between April and July 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. In reality, the city's defense, led by then-Lieutenant Colonel August von Gneisenau, held out until the war was ended by the Treaty of Tilsit. In the film, the French abandon the siege.
Original Release
01/30/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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Heinrich George | Bürgermeister Joachim Nettelbeck / Nettelbeck |
Kristina Söderbaum | Maria Werner / Maria |
Horst Caspar | Gen. Gneisenau / Gneisenau |
Gustav Diessl | Lt. Schill / Schill |
Paul Wegener | Stadtkommandant Loucadou / Loucadou |
Otto Wernicke | Bauer Werner |
Charles Schauten | Napoleon / Napoléon Ier |
Claus Clausen | Frédéric-Guillaume III / König Friedrich Wilhelm III. |
Irene von Meyendorff | Königin |
Heinz Lausch | Friedrich Werner |
Directors
Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Writers
Veit Harlan, Alfred Braun, Joseph Goebbels, Thea von Harbou, Paul Heyse, Joachim Nettelbeck
Cast
Name | Character |
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Heinrich George | Bürgermeister Joachim Nettelbeck / Nettelbeck |
Kristina Söderbaum | Maria Werner / Maria |
Horst Caspar | Gen. Gneisenau / Gneisenau |
Gustav Diessl | Lt. Schill / Schill |
Paul Wegener | Stadtkommandant Loucadou / Loucadou |
Otto Wernicke | Bauer Werner |
Charles Schauten | Napoleon / Napoléon Ier |
Claus Clausen | Frédéric-Guillaume III / König Friedrich Wilhelm III. |
Irene von Meyendorff | Königin |
Heinz Lausch | Friedrich Werner |
Kurt Meisel | Claus Werner |
Paul Bildt | Rektor |
Jakob Tiedtke | Reeder |
Hans Hermann Schaufuß | Zaufke |
Franz Schafheitlin | Fanselow |
Herbert Klatt | Kolberg Bürger / Bürger |
Theo Shall | Gen. Loison |
André Saint-Germain | französischer Offizier |
Margarete Schön | |
Inge Drexel |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph Goebbels | Executive Producer |
Veit Harlan | Producer |