August der Starke

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.

Michael Bohnen

August der Starke

Lil Dagover

Gräfin Aurore Königsmark

Marieluise Claudius

Gräfin Anna Constanze Cosel

Franz Schafheitlin

Flemming

Paul Mederow

Pöppelmann

Ernst Legal

Graf Saumagen

Walther Suessenguth

Fürstenberg

Gustav Püttjer

Ruth Eweler

Angelo Ferrari

Wanda Jarszewska

Eine polnische Wirtin

Franciszek Brodniewicz

Adelsmarschall

Tamara Wiszniewska

Jasia

Maria Balcerkiewiczówna

Fürstin Jablonska

• Stanisław WasylewskiDirector
• Paul WegenerDirector

Release date

January 17, 1936

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama