Cadets (1939)

Original title

Kadetten

Directed by

Karl Ritter

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is a 1939 German war film set in 1760. A group of Prussian cadets fights to hold off an attack by a larger Russian force during the Seven Years' War.

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What happens

Cadets (German: Kadetten) is a 1939 German historical war film directed by Karl Ritter starring Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck, and Andrews Engelmann. The film is set in 1760, against the backdrop of the Austro-Russian Raid on Berlin during the Seven Years' War. It depicts a group of Prussian cadets holding off superior Russian forces. Because of its anti-Russian theme the film was pulled from release in 1939 following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It was rereleased in December 1941, shortly after the pact was broken and Germany and the Soviets were at war. The film is loosely connected to the Prussian film cycle of historical epics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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