Overview
The story of General Yorck von Wartenburg, a commander in the army of Prussian King Wilhelm, who defied the king's orders for the Prussian army to join Napoleon in his invason of Russia.
Cast
- Werner Krauss as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
- Rudolf Forster as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
- Grete Mosheim as Barbara von Wartenburg, Yorcks Tochter
- Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
- Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz
- Friedrich Kayssler as General Kleist von Nollendorff
- Raoul Aslan as Marschall MacDonald
- Hans Rehmann as Leutnant Rüdiger Heyking
- Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
- Günther Hadank as Seydlitz, Yorcks Adjutant