Grenadier Wordelmann
1980, German. Directed by Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt.
1780: When farmer Schmitzdorff in Wust, Brandenburg, is denied permission to marry his stepdaughter Sophie, he goes to Potsdam to obtain permission from the king himself. Because when he believes he is in the right, the proud man stubbornly insists on his opinion. But his stubbornness gets the better of him when he meets the dashing Wordelmann, Frederick II's personal grenadier, in an inn on the way. The latter sees the farmer as a welcome distraction from his otherwise dreary everyday life. Wordelmann tricks Schmitzdorff at his expense and pretends to be allowed to perform the wedding because of his military affiliation. And so the grenadier ends up organizing a wedding that isn't a wedding and takes the dastardly prank to the extreme until everyone involved has lost their laughter.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Hans-Joachim HildebrandtDirector
- Herbert KöferBauer Schmitzdorff
- Peter ReusseGrenadier Wordelmann
- Franziska TroegnerSophie
- Hans-Joachim HanischVater Mettke
- Bruno CarstensGrenadier
- Jörg KnochéeGrenadier
- Klaus NietzGrenadier
- Berndt StichlerGrenadier
- Peter BauseFischer Krüger
- Johannes WiekeSchulze Lier
- Klaus MertensCast
- Christine HarbortCast
Details
- Released
- 2 November 1980
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt
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Grenadier Wordelmann runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Who directed Grenadier Wordelmann?
Grenadier Wordelmann (1980) was directed by Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt and stars Herbert Köfer, Peter Reusse, Franziska Troegner.