The Higher Command
1935, German. Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht.
A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Gerhard LamprechtDirector
- Lil DagoverMadame Martin
- Karl Ludwig DiehlRittmeister von Droste
- Heli FinkenzellerKäte Traß
- Aribert WäscherAdvokat Menecke
- Hans LeibeltBürgermeister Stappenbeck
- Siegfried SchürenbergLord Beckhurst
- Friedrich KaysslerGeneral
- Eduard von WintersteinMajor
- Hans MierendorffEarl of Beckhurst
- Gertrud de LalskyMajorin Traß
- Karl DannemannWenzel Lukas, Bursche
- Günther BallierPremierleutnant von Bodenheim
Details
- Released
- 30 December 1935
- Original title
- Der höhere Befehl
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Philipp Lothar Mayring, Kurt Kluge, Karl Lerbs
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The Higher Command (1935) was directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and stars Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Heli Finkenzeller.