''Yorck'' is a 1931 German war film directed by

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and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster.Noack p.59 It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in

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's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around

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Main cast

* Werner Krauss as General Yorck von Wartenberg * Grete Mosheim as Barbara * Rudolf Forster as King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia * Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg * Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz * Friedrich Kayßler as General Kleist von Nollendorf * Raoul Aslan as General McDonald * Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rüdiger Heyking * Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles * Günther Hadank as Florian von Seydlitz * Theodor Loos as Roeder * Paul Otto as Natzmer * Otto Wallburg as Field Marshal Count Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij * Jakob Tiedtke as Krause

References

Bibliography

* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

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