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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.
Original Release
12/23/1931
Cast
Name | Character |
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Werner Krauss | Gen. Yorck von Wartenberg / General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg |
Grete Mosheim | Barbara / Barbara von Wartenburg, Yorcks Tochter |
Rudolf Forster | King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia / König Friedrich Wilhelm III. |
Gustaf Gründgens | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg |
Lothar Müthel | Gen. von Clausewitz / General von Clausewitz |
Friedrich Kayssler | Gen. Kleist von Nollendorf / General Kleist von Nollendorff |
Raoul Aslan | Gen. McDonald / Marschall MacDonald |
Hans Rehmann | Lt. Rüdiger Heyking / Leutnant Rüdiger Heyking |
Walter Janssen | Vicomte Noailles |
Günther Hadank | Seydlitz / Seydlitz, Yorcks Adjutant |
Directors
Writers
Robert Liebmann, Hans Müller, Arthur Pohl
Cast
Name | Character |
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Werner Krauss | Gen. Yorck von Wartenberg / General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg |
Grete Mosheim | Barbara / Barbara von Wartenburg, Yorcks Tochter |
Rudolf Forster | King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia / König Friedrich Wilhelm III. |
Gustaf Gründgens | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg |
Lothar Müthel | Gen. von Clausewitz / General von Clausewitz |
Friedrich Kayssler | Gen. Kleist von Nollendorf / General Kleist von Nollendorff |
Raoul Aslan | Gen. McDonald / Marschall MacDonald |
Hans Rehmann | Lt. Rüdiger Heyking / Leutnant Rüdiger Heyking |
Walter Janssen | Vicomte Noailles |
Günther Hadank | Seydlitz / Seydlitz, Yorcks Adjutant |
Theodor Loos | Roeder / Roeder, Flügeladjutant des Königs |
Paul Otto | Natzmer / Flügeladjutant des Königs |
Otto Wallburg | Field Marshal Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij / Feldmarschall Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij |
Jakob Tiedtke | Krause |
Louis V. Arco | (as Lutz Altschul) |
Carl Balhaus | |
Alfred Beierle | |
Gerhard Bienert | |
Hans Brausewetter | |
Carl Goetz |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ernst Hugo Correll | Producer |