The Great King

Directed by Veit Harlan

With Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum, Gustav Fröhlich, Hans Nielsen and Hilde Körber

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.