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The Higher Command

7.519351h 33mMovieDrama

A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.

DirectorGerhard Lamprecht
WritersPhilipp Lothar Mayring·Kurt Kluge

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Cast · Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht

LDLil Dagover
Lil Dagover
Madame Martin
KDKarl Ludwig Diehl
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Rittmeister von Droste
HFHeli Finkenzeller
Heli Finkenzeller
Käte Traß
AWAribert Wäscher
Aribert Wäscher
Advokat Menecke
HLHans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt
Bürgermeister Stappenbeck
SSSiegfried Schürenberg
Siegfried Schürenberg
Lord Beckhurst
FKFriedrich Kayssler
Friedrich Kayssler
General
EW
Eduard von Winterstein
Major
HMHans Mierendorff
Hans Mierendorff
Earl of Beckhurst
GL
Gertrud de Lalsky
Majorin Traß
KDKarl Dannemann
Karl Dannemann
Wenzel Lukas, Bursche
GB
Günther Ballier
Premierleutnant von Bodenheim

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