Augustus the Strong (film)

Augustus the Strong
Augustus the Strong
German	August der Starke
Directed by	Paul Wegener
Written by	Herbert Tjadens; Johannes Eckardt; Rolf Meyer ; Carl Haensel;
Produced by	Curt Haensel
Starring	Michael Bohnen ; Lil Dagover ; Marieluise Claudius ; Günther Hadank ;
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Rolf Meyer
Music by	Hans Erdmann
Production; companies	Nerthus Film; Polski Tobis
Distributed by	Hammer-Tonfilm
Release dates	17 January 1936(Germany); November 1936(Poland);
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Germany; Poland
Language	German

Last updated June 14, 2025

Augustus the Strong (German : August der Starke) 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.^[1] 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.^[2] Another Polish-German co-production Adventure in Warsaw was produced the following year.^[3]

Cast

Michael Bohnen as Augustus the Strong
Lil Dagover as Countess Aurore Königsmark
Marieluise Claudius as Countess Anna Constanze Cosel
Günther Hadank as Charles XII
Franz Schafheitlin as Flemming
Ernst Legal as Joseph Fröhlich/Count Saumagen
Walther Süssenguth as Fürstenberg
Maria Krahn as Eberhardine
Karl Hannemann as Patkul
Paul Mederow as Pöppelmann
Hans Kettler as Schulenburg
Curt Lucas as Count Hoym
Rose Borgh as Ballet Dancer 2
Eva Wegener as Ballet Dancer 1
Ernst Rotmund as Wirt in Warschau
Hans Rudolf Waldburg as the Bishop of Gnesen
Ewald Schindler as the personal physician
Franz Weilhammer as Permoser
Carl Heinz Charrell as Dinglinger
Paul Hildebrandt as Leibbursche at Karl XII
Ferdinand Asper as Ballet Master
Wolfgang von Schwindt as host
Dieter Horn as Brühl
Franz Stein as superintendent
Armin Schweizer as Hofriseur
Kai Möller as General Piper
Maria Loja as ballet master
Hamala as dancer
Maria Balcerkiewiczówna as Princess Jablonowska
Maria Wieke as Ihre Begleiterin
Tamara Wiszniewska as Jasia
Franciszek Brodniewicz as Adelsmarschall
Wanda Jarszewska as Eine polnische Wirtin
Harry Muratov as Polish innkeeper
Loda Halama as young fiancée
Wilhelm Mewes as Saxon Kutscher
Aleksander Suchcicki as court marshal

References

↑ Klaus p.25
↑ Skaff, Sheila (2008). The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896–1939. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8214-1784-3.
↑ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
Bock, Hans-Michael . Die Tobis 1928-1945: eine kommentierte Filmografie. Edition Text + Kritik, 2003.
Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

Augustus the Strong at IMDb

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[1] Klaus p.25

[2] Skaff, Sheila (2008). The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896–1939. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8214-1784-3.

[3] Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

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