Augustus the Strong (film)

For the silent film, see Augustus the Strong (1920 film).

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. It was partly shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber.

Augustus the Strong
German	August der Starke
Directed by	Paul Wegener
Written by	Herbert Tjadens Johannes Eckardt Rolf Meyer Carl Haensel
Produced by	Curt Haensel
Starring	Michael Bohnen Lil Dagover Marieluise Claudius Günther Hadank
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Rolf Meyer
Music by	Hans Erdmann
Production companies	Nerthus Film Polski Tobis
Distributed by	Hammer-Tonfilm
Release dates	17 January 1936 (1936-01-17) (Germany) November 1936 (1936-11) (Poland)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Germany Poland
Language	German

Production

A multiple-language version was made in Polish, directed by Stanisław Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast.^[2] Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.^[3]

Cast

• Michael Bohnen as Augustus the Strong
• Lil Dagover as Countess Aurore Königsmark
• Marieluise Claudius as Countess Anna Constanze Cosel
• Günther Hadank as Charles XII
• Franz Schafheitlin as Flemming
• Ernst Legal as Joseph Fröhlich/Count Saumagen
• Walther Süssenguth as Fürstenberg
• Maria Krahn as Eberhardine
• Karl Hannemann as Patkul
• Paul Mederow as Pöppelmann
• Hans Kettler as Schulenburg
• Curt Lucas as Count Hoym
• Rose Borgh as Ballet Dancer 2
• Eva Wegener as Ballet Dancer 1
• Ernst Rotmund as Wirt in Warschau
• Hans Rudolf Waldburg as the Bishop of Gnesen
• Ewald Schindler as the personal physician
• Franz Weilhammer as Permoser
• Carl Heinz Charrell as Dinglinger
• Paul Hildebrandt as Leibbursche at Karl XII
• Ferdinand Asper as Ballet Master
• Wolfgang von Schwindt as host
• Dieter Horn as Brühl
• Franz Stein as superintendent
• Armin Schweizer as Hofriseur
• Kai Möller as General Piper
• Maria Loja as ballet master
• Hamala as dancer
• Maria Balcerkiewiczówna as Princess Jablonowska
• Maria Wieke as Ihre Begleiterin
• Tamara Wiszniewska as Jasia
• Franciszek Brodniewicz as Adelsmarschall
• Wanda Jarszewska as Eine polnische Wirtin
• Harry Muratov as Polish innkeeper
• Loda Halama as young fiancée
• Wilhelm Mewes as Saxon Kutscher
• Aleksander Suchcicki as court marshal

See also

• The King's Prisoner (1935)