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The Eleven Schill Officers is a Allemand film of genre Drama with Gustav Adolf Semler
The Eleven Schill Officers (1926)
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Add to a movie listThe Eleven Schill Officers (German: Die elf schillschen Offiziere) is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Meinert, Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald and Leopold von Ledebur. The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by Ferdinand von Schill against the occupying French during the Napoleonic War. The film received poor reviews from critics, but earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs.
According to IMDB, it was released in the USA as "Eleven Who Were Loyal" in 1929. A NY Times review which also covers several other movies of that same date is available online dated from May 20, 1929.
It was part of the cycle of Prussian films. The film was remade by Meinert as a sound film The Eleven Schill Officers in 1932 with Carl de Vogt cast as Schill.
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Le film décrit le soulèvement raté de soldats prussiens menés par Ferdinand von Schill contre l'armée d'occupation napoléonienne et se focalise essentiellement sur les officiers de Ferdinand von Schill qui furent exécutés à Wesel.Actors
Gustav Adolf Semler
(König Friedrich Wilhelm III von Preußen)
Grete Reinwald
(Königin Luise)
Leopold von Ledebur
(Freiherr von Wedel)
Werner Pittschau
(Udo von Reckenthin)
Fritz Greiner
(Freiherr von Mallwitz)
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