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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

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

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