''The Eleven Schill Officers'' () is a 1926

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silent

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directed by

Rudolf Meinert Rudolf Meinert (1882 – 6 March 1943) was an Austrian screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Meinert was born Rudolf Bürstein in Vienna, but worked for most of his career in the Cinema of Germany, German film industry. He bec ...

and starring Meinert,

Gustav Adolf Semler Gustav Adolf Semler (14 March 1885 – 24 February 1968) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 41 films between 1918 and 1929. Selected filmography * ''Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne'' (19 ...

Grete Reinwald Grete Reinwald (25 May 1902 – 24 May 1983) was a German stage and film actress. As a child, due to her sweet, appealing features she modeled for many monochrome, hand-tinted and autochrome postcards. Her siblings Hanni Reinwald and Otto Rein ...

, and

Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Carmen'' (1918) * '' The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * '' The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' T ...

. The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by

Ferdinand von Schill Major Ferdinand Baptista von Schill (6 January 1776 – 31 May 1809) was a Prussian Army officer who revolted unsuccessfully against France's domination of Prussia in May 1809. Schill's rebellion ended at the Battle of Stralsund, a battle which ...

against the occupying French during the

Napoleonic War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg , caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...

. The film received poor reviews from critics, but earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs. According to IMDB, it was released in the USA as "Eleven Who Were Loyal" in 1929. A NY Times review which also covers several other movies of that same date is available online dated from May 20, 1929. It was part of the cycle of

Prussian films Prussian films were a cycle of historical films made in Germany during the Weimar Germany, Weimar (1918–1933) and Nazi Germany, Nazi (1933–1945) eras noted for their general glorification of History of Prussia, Prussian history and its military ...

. The film was remade by Meinert as a

sound film A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...

'' The Eleven Schill Officers'' in 1932 with

Carl de Vogt Carl de Vogt (14 September 1885 – 16 February 1970) was a German film actor who starred in four of Fritz Lang's early films. He attended the acting school in Cologne, Germany. Together with acting he was also active as a singer and recorded sev ...

cast as Schill.

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* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German war drama films German silent feature films Films directed by Rudolf Meinert Films set in the 1800s Napoleonic Wars films War drama films based on actual events Prussian films 1920s historical drama films German black-and-white films Films set in Prussia Silent German historical drama films Silent war drama films 1920s German films Cultural depictions of Frederick William III of Prussia {{war-drama-film-stub