The Great King

March. 02,1942      
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.

Otto Gebühr as  King Frederick II
Kristina Söderbaum as  Luise Treskow
Gustav Fröhlich as  Sgt. Treskow
Hans Nielsen as  Niehoff
Hilde Körber as  Elisabeth
Paul Wegener as  Gen. Czernitscheff
Otto Wernicke as  Oberst Rochow
Harry Hardt as  Adjutant von Dessau
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as  Gen. Zieten
Paul Henckels as  Grenadier Spiller

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