''Beautiful Wilhelmine'' (German: ''Die schöne Wilhelmine'') is a West German
historical
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television series
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broadcast on
ZDF
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in four episodes in 1984. It is an adaptation of the novel ''
Die schöne Wilhelmine
''Die schöne Wilhelmine'' ("the beautiful Wilhelmine") is a 1965 novel by the German writer Ernst von Salomon. It tells the story of the romance between the Prussian king Frederick William II of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II and his mistress Wilh ...
'' by
Ernst von Salomon
Ernst von Salomon (25 September 1902 – 9 August 1972) was a German novelist and screenwriter. He was a Weimar-era national-revolutionary activist and right-wing Freikorps member.
Family and education
He was born in Kiel, in the Kingdom of Pr ...
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[Klossner p.342] It is based on the life of
Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau and her relationship with the Prussian King
Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II (; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was also the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (through the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign princ ...
.
Cast
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Anja Kruse as Wilhelmine
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Rainer Hunold
Rainer Hunold (born 1 November 1949 in Brunswick, West Germany
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as Kronprinz, later Friedrich Wilhelm II
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Andreas Seyferth as Hannes
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Herbert Stass
Herbert Franz Martin Stass (7 October 1919 – 11 November 1999) was a German film and television actor
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as Friedrich II.
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Johannes Heesters
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the conce ...
as Marschall Keith
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Beatrice Richter as Luise
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Silvia Reize as Elisabeth
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Liesel Christ as Landgräfin
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Hans-Werner Bussinger as Dr. Heim
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Raphael Wilczek as Matuschkyn
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Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Early life
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland ...
as Casanova
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Margit Geissler as Christiane
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Wolfgang Höper as Bischoffswerder
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Marie Versini
Marie Versini (10 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a French film and television actress.
Career
Versini appeared in several international cinema productions. After playing in Karl May film adaptations she received a number of German popul ...
as Mme. Girard
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Ljuba Krbová as Minettchen
References
Bibliography
* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.
External links
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{{Ernst von Salomon
1984 German television series debuts
1984 German television series endings
German-language television shows
1980s drama television series
Television series set in the 18th century
Frederick William II of Prussia