The Higher Command (1935)
- Original title
- Der höhere Befehl
- Directed by
- Gerhard Lamprecht
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A historical story set during the Napoleonic Wars focuses on the alliance between Prussia and Britain to free Europe from Napoleon. The main characters are officers and aristocrats navigating duty and honor.
old-fashionedstatelypatrioticnostalgichistoricalformaloptimistic
What happens
The Higher Command (German: Der höhere Befehl) is a 1935 German historical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Heli Finkenzeller. Produced and distributed by UFA, it was shot at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was produced around the time of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement when the German government were still optimistic about forming an alliance with the British and saw the film as a way of recalling the historic Anglo-Prussian partnership in liberating Europe from Napoleon. The film was praised by the Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels as "a national and engrossing film". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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