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Augustus the Strong
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10.0Intrigue and love affairs at the court of the Saxon King Augustus the Strong, who can bend a horseshoe with his bare hands and is fighting with the Swedish King Charles XII for control of Poland. When Charles marches against Russia with his troops and suffers defeat, the way is clear for Augustus, who gains the crown of Poland. But he is already old and ill. When he dies in Warsaw, his heart is brought to Dresden by Saxon horsemen.
Released: 1936-01-17108 minDir: Stanisław WasylewskiDrama
Cast
- Michael Bohnen as August der Starke
- Lil Dagover as Gräfin Aurore Königsmark
- Marieluise Claudius as Gräfin Anna Constanze Cosel
- Franz Schafheitlin as Flemming
- Paul Mederow as Pöppelmann
- Ernst Legal as Graf Saumagen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- Augustus II the Strong
- Cast member
- Ernst Legal
- Composer
- Hans Erdmann
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- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- color
- black-and-white
- title
- August der Starke
- characters
- Carl XII of Sweden
- film editor
- Rolf Meyer
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