Die Entlassung
Die Entlassung (English title: The Dismissal) is a 1942 German film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner about the dismissal of Otto von Bismarck. It was one of only four films to receive the honorary distinction "Film of the Nation" ("Film der Nation") by the Reich Propaganda Ministry Censorship Office.
Plot
The film shows Bismarck being dismissed by Wilhelm II of Germany and the dilettantes who surround him. An unscrupulous schemer plays on the king's desire to lead and so persuades him to the dismissal. This results in a disastrous two-front war by destroying Bismarck's treaty with Russia and leaving him to lament with the question of who would complete his work.
Awards
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author | Curt Johannes Braun |
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award | Film of the Nation |
contentLocation | Berlin |
director | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
editor | Martha Dübber |
events | Otto von Bismarck |
genre | historical |
keywords | bismarck\'s treaty with russia dreikaiserbund the king two-front war wilhelm ii of germany |
musicBy | Herbert Windt |
producer | Emil Jannings Fritz Klotsch Walter Lehmann |