Overview
A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in London and England
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Music
Music by Werner Eisbrenner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert Baberske and Curt Courant
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kurt KlugeWriter
- Karl LerbsWriter
- Philipp Lothar MayringWriter
- Original title
- Der höhere Befehl
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 30, 1935
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Lil DagoverMadame Martin
Karl Ludwig DiehlRittmeister von Droste
Heli FinkenzellerKäte Traß
Aribert WäscherAdvokat Menecke
Hans LeibeltBürgermeister Stappenbeck
Siegfried SchürenbergLord Beckhurst
Friedrich KaysslerGeneral- Eduard von WintersteinMajor
Hans MierendorffEarl of Beckhurst- Gertrud de LalskyMajorin Traß
Karl DannemannWenzel Lukas, Bursche- Günther BallierPremierleutnant von Bodenheim
- Johannes BergfeldtMitarbeiter des Magistrats
Gertrud WolleFrau Barth- Walter Schramm-DunkerFlorian, Kutscher
- Heinz KöneckeLeutnant Eckartsberg
- Friedrich Franz StampeWachtmeister Krim
- Arnim SuessenguthKreisgerichtsdirektor Barth
- Till KlockowTochter Barth
- Otti DietzeHotelwirtin
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