Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius (1940)
Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies
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.
- Date of release
- 1940-11-13
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Herbert Maisch
Casting
- Horst Caspar — Friedrich Schiller
- Heinrich George — Herzog Karl Eugen
- Lil Dagover — Gräfin Franziska von Hohenheim
- Eugen Klöpfer — Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
- Paul Henckels — Hofmarschall von Silberkalb
- Friedrich Kayssler — Vater Schiller
- Hannelore Schroth — Laura Rieger
- Paul Dahlke — Sergeant Riess
- Herbert Hübner — General Rieger
- Hans Nielsen — Eleve Scharffenstein
- Ernst Schröder — Eleve Zumsteg
- Wolfgang Lukschy — Eleve Boigeol
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