Cheerful and serious things about the great king
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| Original title | Cheerful and serious things about the great king |
| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | about 20 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Phil Jutzi |
| script | Egon Ziesemer |
| production |
Kurt Ulrich Fritz Neuss |
| music | Heinz Pauch |
| camera | Georg Krause |
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Cheerful and serious things about the great king is a short, German film by Phil Jutzi from 1936 with Otto Fee in his star role as Friedrich the Great . The film is one of the so-called Fridericus Rex films .
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The focus of the short story is on two anecdotal episodes about the Prussian King Friedrich II.
In the first episode, the monarch meets an invalid. He had to serve his bones for the good of Prussia during the war and became an invalid as a result. Since then, he's been getting by more badly than well. Friedrich is touched by the man's bravery and frugality, and after learning of his fate, he immediately increases the invalid's pension.
In the second episode, the servant of Baron Warkotsch, Matthias Kappel, informs the king that Kappel's lord is betraying the Prussian king, which puts Frederick's life in great danger. The old Fritz, saved by Kappel's initiative, initially wants to punish the subordinate because of his disloyalty to his aristocratic lord, but decides in good time and recognizes his action, which only served the welfare of Prussia and its king.
Production notes
Cheerful and serious things about the great king were created in February 1936 in the Terra Glass House. The censors released the film for young people on March 13, 1936. It was premiered on April 24, 1936 as a supporting film for the film Love Awakening .
Heinrich C. Richter designed the film structures .