The Eleven Schill Officers (1926 film)

The Eleven Schill Officers
Directed by	Rudolf Meinert
Written by	Max Jungk Julius Urgiss
Produced by	Rudolf Meinert
Starring	Rudolf Meinert Gustav Adolf Semler Grete Reinwald Leopold von Ledebur
Cinematography	Ludwig Lippert
Production company	Internationale Film
Distributed by	Meinert Film
Release date	1926
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

The Eleven Schill Officers (German: Die elf schillschen Offiziere) is a 1926 German silent historical film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Meinert, Gustav Adolf Semler, Grete Reinwald and Leopold von Ledebur. The film depicts the failed 1809 uprising of Prussian soldiers led by Ferdinand von Schill against the occupying French during the Napoleonic War. The film received poor reviews from critics, but earned enough at the box office to offset its production costs.

It was part of the cycle of Prussian films. The film was remade by Meinert as a sound film The Eleven Schill Officers in 1932 with Carl de Vogt cast as Schill.

Cast

• Rudolf Meinert - Major von Schill
• Gustav Adolf Semler - König Friedrich Wilhelm III von Preußen
• Grete Reinwald - Königin Luise
• Leopold von Ledebur - Freiherr von Wedel
• Ernst Rückert - Fritz von Wedel, der Sohn
• Werner Pittschau - Udo von Reckenthin
• Fritz Greiner - Freiherr von Mallwitz
• Albert Steinrück - Französischer Kommmandant
• Charles Willy Kayser - französischer Offizier
• Camilla von Hollay - Minne
• Henri Peters-Arnolds - Franz, ein Knecht
• John Mylong - Freischärler
• Mary Nolan
• Else Reval
• Aruth Wartan
• Fred Immler
• Edgar Hellwald
• Jaro Fürth
• Mark Asarow
• Clementine Plessner
• Emmerich Hanus
• Rudolf Del Zopp
• Kurt Thormann
• Bobbie Bender

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Mustafa, Sam A. The Long Ride of Major Von Schill: A Journey Through German History and Memory. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.

External links

• The Eleven Schill Officers at IMDb