Yorck

This article is about the German film. For the ship, see SMS Yorck. For the general, see Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg.

Yorck
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Robert Liebmann Hans Müller Arthur Pohl
Produced by	Ernst Hugo Correll
Starring	Werner Krauss Gustaf Gründgens Rudolf Forster
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann
Edited by	Eduard von Borsody
Music by	Werner Schmidt-Boelcke
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	23 December 1931
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location around Berlin.

Main cast

• Werner Krauss as General Yorck von Wartenberg
• Grete Mosheim as Barbara
• Rudolf Forster as King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
• Gustaf Gründgens as Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg
• Lothar Müthel as General von Clausewitz
• Friedrich Kayßler as General Kleist von Nollendorf
• Raoul Aslan as General McDonald
• Hans Rehmann as Lt. Rüdiger Heyking
• Walter Janssen as Vicomte Noailles
• Günther Hadank as Florian von Seydlitz
• Theodor Loos as Roeder
• Paul Otto as Natzmer
• Otto Wallburg as Field Marshal Count Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij
• Jakob Tiedtke as Krause

Bibliography

• Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

• Yorck at IMDb
• Yorck at Virtual History