The Higher Command

Original title: Der höhere Befehl

A Prussian commander disobeys orders and goes to find a British envoy who can negotiate a pact with Austria to help fight off Napoleon in 1806.

Drama

Der höhere Befehl

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as Madame Martin

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Karl Ludwig Diehl

as Rittmeister von Droste

Heli Finkenzeller

Heli Finkenzeller

Aribert Wäscher

Aribert Wäscher

as Advokat Menecke

as Bürgermeister Stappenbeck

Siegfried Schürenberg

Siegfried Schürenberg

as Lord Beckhurst

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Gerhard Lamprecht

Gerhard Lamprecht

Philipp Lothar Mayring

Philipp Lothar Mayring

Director of Photography

Robert Baberske

Robert Baberske

Director of Photography

Werner Eisbrenner

Werner Eisbrenner

Hermann Schulenburg

Hermann Schulenburg

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