Der Choral von Leuthen was a 1933 German film depicting Frederick the Great, directed by Carl Froelich

Carl Froelich

Carl August Froelich was a German film pioneer and film director.-Apparatus builder and cameraman:...

. The screenplay

Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...

 was written by Johannes Brandt and Ilse Spath-Baron. The film starred Otto Gebühr

Otto Gebühr

Otto Gebühr was a German theatre and film actor, who appeared in 102 movies released between 1917 and 1962. He is noted for his performance as the Prussian king Frederick the Great in numerous films.-Life:...

, Olga Tschechowa and Elga Brink

Elga Brink

-Selected filmography:* The Fake * The Physician * The Tunnel * Jumping Into the Abyss * Karussell * Heimatland * Das fremde Leben...

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The film was loosely based on the novel Fridericus by Walter von Molo

Walter von Molo

Walter Ritter/Reichsritter von Molo was a Czech-born Austrian writer.- Life :...

. It presented Frederick as an inspired leader.

The film premiered four days after Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

 became chancellor

Chancellor

Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...

 of the Reich

Reich

Reich is a German word cognate with the English rich, but also used to designate an empire, realm, or nation. The qualitative connotation from the German is " sovereign state." It is the word traditionally used for a variety of sovereign entities, including Germany in many periods of its history...

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