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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.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Berlin.
Main cast
Werner Krauss as General Yorck von Wartenberg
Grete Mosheim as Barbara
Rudolf Forster as King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz
Friedrich Kayßler as General Kleist von Nollendorf
Raoul Aslan as General McDonald
Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rüdiger Heyking
Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
Günther Hadank as Florian von Seydlitz
Theodor Loos as Roeder
Paul Otto as Natzmer
Otto Wallburg as Field Marshal Count Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij
Jakob Tiedtke as Krause
References
Bibliography
Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
External links
Yorck at IMDb
Yorck at Virtual History
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- Walter Janssen
- Jakob Tiedtke
- Heinrich August Pierer
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- SMS Yorck
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- Ersatz Yorck-class battlecruiser
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