Scharnhorst - Der Schöpfer der Volksbewaffnung

Directed by Heinz Fischer

With Horst Preusker, Jürgen Frohriep, Heinz Schröder, Hans Ulrich Laufer and Werner Schulz-Wittan

Scharnhorst, who said that the army should march at the forefront of progress, is one of the NVA's role models. The film uses historical material to cover the years 1806 to 1813, the Battle of Jena and Auerstädt and the Battle of Leipzig.