August der Starke (1936)

Intrigue 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.

Date of release
1936-01-17
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Stanisław Wasylewski, Paul Wegener

Casting

Interesting facts

Augustus the Strong is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland. It was partly shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber.

Production

A multiple-language version was made in Polish, directed by Stanisław Wasylewski and featuring a Polish cast. Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.

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