Lützower (1972) — drama, war film. Directed by Werner W. Wallroth. Starring Jürgen Reuter, Jaecki Schwarz, Hans Teuscher, Oleg Vidov.
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A 1972 DEFA historical film adapting a 1955 play into a socialist-patriotic narrative set during the 1813 War of Liberation.
Drama, War · 5.5/10 · 93 min · 1972
During the Napoleanic Wars, members of the Prussian Lützow Free Corps steal a French war chest from the house of collaborator Kerstinn, but their captain Friesen is captured and sentenced to death. But Friesen is saved by French Sergeant Fleuron and they flee the occupied city together. Kerstinn's daughter Marie is disgusted by her father's disloyalty and has also fallen in love with Friesen. When she learns about a trap that is being set for Lützow Free Corps, she sets out to warn them with the help of her father's clerk Püttchen, a Lützow sympathizer.
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Related entry on Wikidata (Q1880525), public domain (CC0).