Der alte und der junge K%C3%B6nig

Der alte und der junge Knig The Old and the Young King is a German historical film by Hans Steinhoff, made under Nazi rule in 1935.

The film opens at Potsdam in the time of The Soldiers King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, with the Royal Family sitting at the breakfast table. It turns out that Crown Prince Friedrich, informally called Fritz, had lost so much money at the gaming tables that he had to sign debentures. Members of the grenadier regiment had seen the crown prince appearing late in a wretched state, which greatly angers his father. The King would like to prepare his son for the future role as a ruler, and regards his preoccupation with music and literature with big displeasure.Fritz, for his part, is infuriated with the austere treatment by his father and hatches a plan to flee Prussia and get to France and England, where he expects a welcome from his mothers family. His companion Katte would like to help him in this plan. However, being a second lieutenant bound by his officers code, he at first declines. ........

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