Film · Drama
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius (1940)
The young Schiller, whose heart and soul are writing and poetry, is forced into the military academy (the pride and joy of the Duke of Württemberg). Schiller is disgusted by the everyday routine of the military, always back and forth between breeding and drills. Conversation, conflict or even critique are discouraged – the oppression insufferable for the young rebel. Disgusted by the brutality, he writes his drama "The Bandit", which he would later publish anonymously. But following a frank conversation with the Duke, Schiller is dishonored and must leave the land.
- Director
- Herbert Maisch
- Writers
- Lotte Neumann, Walter Wassermann
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- November 13, 1940
- Original title
- Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies
Cast
Horst CasparFriedrich Schiller
Heinrich GeorgeHerzog Karl Eugen
Lil DagoverGräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
Eugen KlöpferChristian Friedrich Daniel Schubart- Paul HenckelsHofmarschall von Silberkalb
Friedrich KaysslerVater Schiller
Hannelore SchrothLaura Rieger
Paul DahlkeSergeant Riess
Herbert HübnerGeneral Rieger
Hans NielsenEleve Scharffenstein
Ernst SchröderEleve Zumsteg
Wolfgang LukschyEleve Boigeol
Hans LeibeltProf. Abel
Bernhard MinettiFranz Moor
Albert FlorathPastor Moser
LoriotPage at the Court of Duke Karl Eugen
Hans QuestStudent Hoven
Dagny ServaesFrau Rieger- Frithjof RüdeGrand Duke's Court Chamberlain
Fritz Genschow
