Beautiful Wilhelmine
| Beautiful Wilhelmine | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | Die schöne Wilhelmine by Ernst von Salomon |
| Written by | Karl Wittlinger |
| Directed by | Rolf von Sydow |
| Starring | Anja Kruse Rainer Hunold Johannes Heesters |
| Composer | Günther Fischer |
| Country of origin | West Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | 6 September – 16 September 1984 |
Beautiful Wilhelmine (German: Die schöne Wilhelmine) is a West German historical television series broadcast on ZDF in four episodes in 1984. It is an adaptation of the novel Die schöne Wilhelmine by Ernst von Salomon.[1] It is based on the life of Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau and her relationship with the Prussian King Frederick William II of Prussia.
Cast
- Anja Kruse as Wilhelmine
- Rainer Hunold as Kronprinz, later Fridrich Wilhelm II
- Andreas Seyferth as Hannes
- Herbert Stass as Friedrich II.
- Johannes Heesters as Marschall Keith
- Beatrice Richter as Luise
- Silvia Reize as Elisabeth
- Liesel Christ as Landgräfin
- Hans-Werner Bussinger as Dr. Heim
- Raphael Wilczek as Matuschkyn
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Casanova
- Margit Geissler as Christiane
- Wolfgang Höper as Bischoffswerder
- Marie Versini as Mme. Girard
- Ljuba Krbová as Minettchen
References
- ^ Klossner p.342
Bibliography
- Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.