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23 December 1931 (Germany)
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The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia. | Add synopsis »
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Impressive military scenes
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(in credits order) | Werner Krauss | ... | Gen. Yorck von Wartenberg |
 | Grete Mosheim | ... | Barbara |
| Rudolf Forster | ... | King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia |
| Gustaf Gründgens | ... | Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg |
| Lothar Müthel | ... | Gen. von Clausewitz |
| Friedrich Kayßler | ... | Gen. Kleist von Nollendorf |
| Raoul Aslan | ... | Gen. McDonald |
| Hans Rehmann | ... | Lt. Rüdiger Heyking |
| Walter Janssen | ... | Vicomte Noailles |
| Günther Hadank | ... | Seydlitz |
| Theodor Loos | ... | Roeder |
| Paul Otto | ... | Natzmer |
| Otto Wallburg | ... | Field Marshal Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij |
| Jakob Tiedtke | ... | Krause |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Louis V. Arco | (as Lutz Altschul) | |
| Carl Balhaus | ||
| Alfred Beierle | ||
| Gerhard Bienert | ||
| Hans Brausewetter | ||
| Carl Goetz | ||
| Veit Harlan | ||
| William Huch | ||
| Oskar Höcker | ||
| Arthur Mainzer | ||
| Hans-Joachim Moebis | ||
| Heinrich Schroth | ||
| Fritz Staudte | ||
| Jürgen von Alten | ||
Directed by | |||
| Gustav Ucicky | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Robert Liebmann | ||
| Hans Müller | ||
| Arthur Pohl | ||
Produced by | |||
| Ernst Hugo Correll | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Werner Schmidt-Boelcke | |||
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| Carl Hoffmann | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Eduard von Borsody | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Robert Herlth | |||
| Walter Röhrig | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Oscar Schmidt | .... | makeup artist | |
| Ernst Schülke | .... | makeup artist | |
| Wilhelm Weber | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Eduard Kubat | .... | production manager | |
| Oscar Schmidt | .... | production leader | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Eduard von Borsody | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Walter Tjaden | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Günther Anders | .... | assistant camera | |
| Willi Klitzke | .... | assistant camera | |
| Willi Klitzke | .... | still photographer | |
Other crew | |||
| Jens Keith | .... | choreographer | |
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- Universum Film (UFA) (1931) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Protex Pictures Corporation (1932) (USA) (theatrical) (no subtitles)
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Germany:102 min
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Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)
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Werner Krauss was an important actor in German silent films, and many of his films from that period were well-received in Britain and America. Krauss never received any offers to work in Hollywood ... possibly because he was too similar in type to Emil Jannings, who had a fine Hollywood career in the late silent era. Unfortunately, Krauss's thick accent and his difficulty with English ensured that his early talkie films would get only a very limited release outside of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In 'Yorck', Krauss plays an historical personage: General Yorck von Wartenburg of Prussia. During the Franco-Prussian Alliance, King Friedrich Wilhelm ordered all his generals and field marshalls to place their armies at the disposal of Napoleon for the invasion of Russia. (The Prussian king was less interested in helping France than in conquering Russia.) Yorck was the only Prussian commander who defied his king, thereby saving the lives of his men when Napoleon's Russian invasion failed. A statesman as well as a strategist, Yorck negotiates a separate peace between Prussia and Russia.
The military scenes in this film are impressive; director Gustav Ucicky deserves to be better known. Theodor Loos is splendid in a supporting role. The pace of the film is compromised by an unnecessary romantic subplot between Yorck's daughter Barbara (the pallid actress Grete Mosheim) and Yorck's lieutenant (Hans Rehmann). I confess that I'm only vaguely familiar with the history involved here, so I can't tell how much of this movie is factual and how much is fictional. I suspect that the subplot is fictional.
I'll rate 'Yorck' 6 points out of 10, and I commend Werner Krauss's performance.