Bismarck (film)

Bismarck is a 1940 German historical film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler and Lil Dagover.^[1]

Plot summary

The film depicts the life of the Prussian statesman Otto Von Bismarck, a German nationalist who withstands parliament to act for the people, a lonely genius.

The wars of the era are depicted as being the handiwork of one great man; the Battle of Königgrätz is shown as solely the work of General Moltke, with no soldiers to be seen.^[2]

Brought out in the wake of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it depicts Bismarck as saying that the Russian alliance will safeguard the Prussians in the east.^[3]

Cast

• Paul Hartmann as Otto von Bismarck
• Friedrich Kayßler as König Wilhelm I
• Lil Dagover as Kaiserin Eugénie
• Käthe Haack as Johanna von Bismarck
• Maria Koppenhöfer as Königin Augusta
• Walter Franck as Kaiser Napoleon III
• Ruth Hellberg as Kronprinzessin Victoria
• Werner Hinz as Kronprinz Friedrich
• Margret Militzer as Komtess Marie von Bismarck
• Karl Schönböck as Kaiser Franz Joseph
• Günther Hadank as Minister Moltke
• Hellmuth Bergmann as Minister von Roon
• Karl Haubenreißer as Dr. Rudolf Virchow
• Otto Gebühr as König von Sachsen
• Jaspar von Oertzen as Prinz Friedrich Karl
• Harald Paulsen as Benedetti
• Karl Meixner as Loewe
• Hans Junkermann as Generalfeldmarschall Wrangel
• Otto Graf as Herr von Keudell
• Franz Schafheitlin as Fürst Metternich
• Bruno Hübner as Graf Rechberg
• Paul Hoffmann as Graf von Blome
• Otto Stoeckel as Ministerpräsident Beust
• Otto Below as Lothar Bucher
• Eduard von Winterstein as General von Manstein
• Karl Fochler as Graf Karolyi
• Wilhelm P. Krüger as Lakai Kuhn

References

External links

• Bismarck at the Internet Movie Database
• Bismarck is available for free download at the Internet Archive