''Cadets'' () is a 1939 German

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directed by Karl Ritter starring Mathias Wieman,

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Life The daughter of a merchant grew up in Kiel and worked as a typographer. After training as an actor, she made her debut as Rosi in Hermann Sudermann's The Butterfl ...

, and

Andrews Engelmann Andrews Engelmann (23 March 1901 – 25 February 1992) was a Russian-born German actor. He worked primarily in Germany, where he specialised in playing Russian roles, but also appeared in a number of British films during his career. He was born as ...

. The film is set in 1760, against the backdrop of the Austro-Russian Raid on Berlin during the

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. It depicts a group of

Prussian Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...

cadets A cadet is a student or trainee within various organisations, primarily in military contexts where individuals undergo training to become commissioned officers. However, several civilian organisations, including civil aviation groups, maritime o ...

holding off superior Russian forces. Because of its anti-Russian theme the film was pulled from release in 1939 following the

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and also known as the Hitler–Stalin Pact and the Nazi–Soviet Pact, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Ge ...

. It was rereleased in December 1941, shortly after the pact was broken and Germany and the Soviets were at war.Hull p. 189 The film is loosely connected to the Prussian film cycle of historical epics.

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* 1939 films 1930s war drama films 1930s historical films German war drama films German historical films German children's films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karl Ritter Films set in Berlin Films set in 1760 Nazi propaganda films Seven Years' War films Prussian films German black-and-white films Films set in boarding schools UFA GmbH films 1939 drama films 1930s German films Films scored by Herbert Windt German-language war drama films Nazi-era films restricted in Germany {{war-film-stub