Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck (1973– )

Stars:

Matthias Habich, Rolf Becker, Alf Marholm

Cast

Series cast summary:
Matthias Habich	...	Friedrich von der Trenck (6 episodes, 1973)
Rolf Becker	...	König Friedrich II. (3 episodes, 1973)
Alf Marholm	...	Generaladjutant von Bork (3 episodes, 1973)
Nicoletta Machiavelli	...	Amalie (3 episodes, 1973)
Teresa Ricci	...	Henriette (3 episodes, 1973)
Elfriede Ramhapp	...	Kaiserin Maria Theresa (2 episodes, 1973)
Harry Hardt	...	General von Wintersberg (2 episodes, 1973)
Mario Erpichini	...	Rittmeister Jaschinsky (2 episodes, 1973)
Daniela Giordano	...	Baronin Lazar (2 episodes, 1973)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | russia | soldier | prussia | uniform | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

Italy France Austria West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

1 January 1973 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Les aventures extraordinaires du baron von Trenck

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bavaria Atelier, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF), Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

415 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone (2003)

User Reviews

Enjoyable life story of a prussian soldier

This series follows the ups and downs in the life of Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck.

The costumes and the scenery seems very realistic to me, also the behavior of the actors. Like in most series, the battle scenes aren't made that good, but it's not that important, of course the series has a more biographic touch. The story is focused on Friedrich, played by Matthias Habich (The Downfall, Nowhere in Africa), in my opinion a good German actor. Friedrich himself is famous for being one of the kings of prison escapees. He is shown as talented, charismatic and self-opinionated soldier who consistently gets into trouble because of his affairs to powerful women.

I think it's hard to get this series if you aren't able to understand German, but if you like movies like Barry Lyndon and other stuff that is placed in that period of time, you really should try to get your hands on it.