Top billed cast
Günter StrackFriedrich Wilhelm I. von Preußen
Maria SchellKönigin Sophia Dorothea
Jan NiklasHans Hermann von Katte
Siegfried WischnewskiAugust von Sachsen- Jan KollwitzKronprinz Friedrich
- Yvonne MayPrinzessin Wilhelmine
Dietlinde TurbanDoris Ritter
Mijou KovacsGräfin Orczelska
Wolfgang BüttnerGeneral von Finkenstein
Peter PasettiGraf Seckendorf
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