Status
Released
original language
de
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Top Billed Cast
Paul Hartmann
Otto von Bismarck
Friedrich Kayssler
Wilhelm I.
Hellmuth Bergmann
Albrecht von Roon
Günther Hadank
Helmuth von Moltke
Werner Hinz
Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Ruth Hellberg
Kronprinzessin Victoria
Maria Koppenhöfer
Königin Augusta
Käthe Haack
Johanna von Bismarck
Margret Militzer
Marie von Bismarck
Walter Fischer
Herbert von Bismarck
Arthur Fritz Eugens
Wilhelm von Bismarck
Karl Haubenreißer
Dr. Rudolf Virchow
Harald Paulsen
Vincent Benedetti
Jaspar von Oertzen
Prinz Friedrich Karl
Otto Gebühr
Johann von Sachsen
Karl Schönböck
Franz Joseph I.
Walter Franck
Napoleon III.
Lil Dagover
Eugénie
Karl Meixner
Loewe
Hans Junkermann
Friedrich von Wrangel
Otto Graf
Herr von Keudell
Franz Schafheitlin
Klemens von Metternich
Bruno Hübner
Graf Rechberg
Paul Hoffmann
Graf von Blome
Otto Stoeckel
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust
Otto Below
Lothar Bucher
Eduard von Winterstein
General von Manstein
Karl Fochler
Graf Karolyi
Erich Ziegel
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
Wilhelm P. Krüger
Lakai Kuhn
Walter Werner
1. Landtagspräsident
Robert Forsch
2. Landtagspräsident
Ingolf Kuntze
Patow
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Großherzog von Oldenburg
Horst Lommer
Korrespondent der Kölner Zeitung
Karl Morvilius
Diener im Arbeitszimmer Bismarcks
Karl-Heinz Peters
Jakoby
Werner Pledath
Sybel
Theodor Thony
Ritter von Benedek
Hanns Waschatko
Zivilist bei der Versammlung in Frankfurt
Karl Dannemann
Adjudant des Prinzen Friedrich Karl
Bernhard Goetzke
Flügeladjutant des Königs
Fritz Hinz-Fabricius
Nigra, italienischer Gesandter
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Kurier beim König von Preußen
Marga Riffa
Königin Viktoria von England
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Generaladjutant des Königs
Albert Venohr
Rudolf von Gneist
Leopold von Ledebur
Graf von Ellesburg, preußschischer Innenminister
Elisabeth von Ruets
Eine Dame bei der Ordensverleihung in Berlin
Willy Witte
Der Bursche Bismarcks
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Sächsischer Gesandter
Herbert Weißbach
Klaus Pohl
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A review by Geronimo1967
Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-04-29
Aside from the fact that this was made at the height of the Third Reich - so it's underlying politic of the might of the German people and it's heroes it to be assumed, this is a rather dry and unremarkably sterile depiction of the eponymous statesman who worked with Wilhelm I of Prussia (Friedrich Kayßler) to create the German Imperial state. It tries to pack far too much over-simplified history into two hours and the portrayal of Bismarck himself by an underwhelming Paul Hartmann leaves us amidst a story of turbulent history told as if it were a child's "Janet and John" book. The complexities of the relationships between the Hapsburg Austro-Hungarian empire, Russians, French and British are all rather overlooked and certainly undercooked as we spend much of the film in audience chambers watching a vacillating king or in a prevaricating parliament where nothing seems to count for very much - until our hero arrives to convince and save the day. It's almost entirely confined to a sound-stage so what few opportunities offered us to experience the military tactics of Moltke against the Danes or the Austrians are largely confined to a map or to the inside of a tent. The ending justifies the dramatic means - and we know that there was a unified German Empire born in 1871. It's a watchable enough historical biopic, but no effort is made to develop the characters and the story is about as dry and processional as it can be. It's hard to imagine this as a successful piece of jingoism, to be honest. It's completely forgettable.