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1928 film
The Old Fritz
German film poster
German Der alte Fritz
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht Written by Produced by Gerhard Lamprecht Starring Cinematography
Karl Hasselmann Music by
Artur Guttmann Production company
Gerhard Lamprecht Filmproduktion
Distributed by
National Film Release dates
20 January 1928 (1928-01-20 ) (Part I)
28 January 1928 (1928-01-28 ) (Part II)
Country Germany Languages Silent German
intertitles
The Old Fritz (German: Der alte Fritz ) is a 1928 German
silent
historical drama film directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht and starring
Otto Gebühr ,
Julia Serda and
Bertold Reissig .
[1] Part of the cycle of
Prussian Films , it was released in two parts. Gebühr played the role of
Frederick the Great on many occasions during the
Weimar Republic and
Nazi Germany .
The film's
art direction was by
Otto Moldenhauer .
Cast
Otto Gebühr as The Old Fritz (
Frederick the Great )
Julia Serda as The Queen
Bertold Reissig as Prince Heinrich
Wilhelm Hertwig as Prince Ferdinand
Elsa Wagner as Princess Amalie
Heinz Klockow as
Friedrich Wilhelm
Charlotte Ander as Princess Elisabeth
Renate Brausewetter as Princess Friederika Luise
Lilli Breda as
Catherine the Great
Peter von Hahn as
Kaiser Joseph II
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Frau von Camas
Dina Gralla as
Wilhelmine Enke
Grit Haid as Auguste Enke
Sybill Morel as Frau Enke
Gustav Rodegg as Minister Count Hertzberg
John Mylong as Minister Hagen
Erich Briese as Minister Graf Finkenstein
Hermann Böttcher as Minister Brenckenhof
Franz Stein as Lordmarschall Keith
Emil Heyse as Marquis d'Argens
Paul Borgelt as Panin
Bernd Aldor as Count de Launay
Toni Zimmerer as General Field Marshal von Braunschweig
Herbert Knötel as Prince Wilhelm von Anhalt
Holger-Madsen as General Zieten
Robert Leffler as General Krusemarck
Von Klein-Ehrenwalten as General Lentulus
Karl Junge-Swinburne as General Lestwitz
Franz Schönfeld as General Prittwitz
Walter Karge as General Werner
Robert Baurath as Oberstallmeister Count Schwerin
W. Focke as Count Borck, Prince's tutor
Gustav Rudolph as Count Reuß, court marshal
Ekkehard Arendt as Lieutenant von X.
Carl Zickner as Reader de Catt
Robert Forsch as Hofrat Collenbach
Walter Hahn as Sack, court preacher
Georg Paeschke as mayor of Berlin
Albert Ihle as Korporal Lempel
Fee Wachsmuth as Tine
W. Markwordt as Gotzkowsky
Hannelore Benzinger as Ziethen's niece
Albert Gühne as Quanz
Skowronneck as Page
Max Maximilian as Moritatenerzähler
Leon Weill as French language teacher
Edgar Nollet as Banker Splittgerber
Julius Unruh as Banker Itzig
Willy Kruszinski as Banker Ephraim
Von Lingk as Page
E. Schurich as Cabinet Council Eichel
Ida Liebisch as Frau Lempel
Paul Rehkopf as a beggar
Irmgard Schallermann as queen's lady-in-waiting
Paul Scholler as Pfundt, the king's personal coachman
Max Schreck as Kammerdiener Rietz
Viktor Senger as Quintus Icilius
Kitty Sonntag as Electress Marie Antonie von Sachsen
References
^ Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000 .
McFarland & Company , 2002. p. 15.
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