In November 1831, the 51-year-old Prussian Major General Carl von Clausewitz burns the first chapters of his autobiography, which he had begun to write at the insistence of his wife Marie. Shocked by the sudden death of his friend Gneisenau, he is forced to realize that at his friend's deathbed he has finally said goodbye to the hopes and plans that had once determined his life and that of his friends...
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Jürgen Reuter
Carl von Clausewitz
Also in
Lützower
Agentur Herz
Christine Schorn
Marie von Clausewitz
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
Wolf-Dieter Panse
Hans Pfeiffer
Thomas Blume
preußischer Hauptmann
Dietrich Körner
Also in
Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste
Forbidden Love
Klaus Piontek
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The Master Thief
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
Rudiger Joswig
Prinz August
Erich Gerberding
Also in
Flucht aus der Hölle
Sunday Drivers
Hans Teuscher
Also in
Rottenknechte
Die Kids von Berlin
Irma Münch
Madame de Staël
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Daniel Druskat
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
Rüdiger Joswig
Prinz August
Also in
Küstenwache
Rosamunde Pilcher: Zu hoch geflogen
Wolf-Dieter Panse Director · Hans Pfeiffer Writer Harry Valek Cinematographer
First release May 27, 1980 · Produced in XG · Production Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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Fernsehen der DDR
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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XG
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German
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German
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Germany · May 27, 1980
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