Augustus the Strong (film)

Augustus the Strong
Directed by	Paul Wegener
Produced by	Carl Haensel
Written by	Alfred Schirokauer (novel) Herbert Tjadens Johannes Eckardt Rolf Meyer Carl Haensel
Starring	Michael Bohnen Lil Dagover Marieluise Claudius Günther Hadank
Music by	Hans Erdmann
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Rolf Meyer
Production company	Nerthus Film Polski Tobis
Distributed by	Hammer-Tonfilm
Release dates	17 January 1936
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Germany Poland
Language	German

Augustus the Strong (German: August der Starke) is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland.

Production

The film was based on a novel by the popular German writer Alfred Schirokauer. A separate version in Polish was made, directed by Stanislaw Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast.^[1] Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.^[2]

Cast

• Michael Bohnen - August der Starke
• Lil Dagover - Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
• Marieluise Claudius - Gräfin Anna Constanze Cosel
• Günther Hadank - Karl XII
• Franz Schafheitlin - Flemming
• Ernst Legal - Graf Saumagen
• Walther Süssenguth - Fürstenberg
• Maria Krahn - Eberhardine
• Karl Hannemann - Patkul
• Paul Mederow - Pöppelmann
• Hans Kettler - Schulenburg
• Curt Lucas - Graf Hoym
• Rose Borgh - Hofdame Ballett 2
• Eva Wegener - Hofdame Ballett 1
• Ernst Rotmund - Wirt in Warschau
• Hans Rudolf Waldburg - Bischof von Gnesen
• Ewald Schindler - Leibmedikus
• Franz Weilhammer - Permoser
• Carl Heinz Charrell - Dinglinger
• Paul Hildebrandt - Leibbursche bei Karl XII
• Ferdinand Asper - Ballettmeister
• Wolfgang von Schwindt - Zeremonienmeister
• Dieter Horn - Brühl
• Franz Stein - Superintendent
• Armin Schweizer - Hoffriseur
• Kai Möller - General Piper
• Maria Loja - Ballettmeisterin
• Hamala - Eine Tänzerin
• Maria Balcerkiewiczówna - Fürstin Jablonowska
• Maria Wieke - Ihre Begleiterin
• Tamara Wiszniewska - Jasia
• Franciszek Brodniewicz - Adelsmarschall
• Wanda Jarszewska - Eine polnische Wirtin
• Harry Muratov - Ein polnischer Wirt
• Loda Halama - Junge Verlobte
• Wilhelm Mewes - Sächsischer Kutscher
• Aleksander Suchcicki - Hofmarschall

References

1. Skaff p. 172
2. Kreimeier p. 283

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.

External links

• Augustus the Strong at the Internet Movie Database