The Great King
(1942)
★ 7 IMDb · 8 votes
Year: 1942
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: Germany
Director: Veit Harlan
Cast: Отто Гебюр, Kristina Söderbaum, Gustav Fröhlich, Hans Nielsen, Hilde Körber, Пауль Вегенер, Otto Wernicke, Harry Hardt, Hans Hermann Schaufuß, Claus Clausen
Plot
King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.