Lützower (1972)

5.5/10 93 min Drama War

Overview

During the Napoleanic Wars, members of the Prussian Lützow Free Corps steal a French war chest from the house of collaborator Kerstinn, but their captain Friesen is captured and sentenced to death. But Friesen is saved by French Sergeant Fleuron and they flee the occupied city together. Kerstinn's daughter Marie is disgusted by her father's disloyalty and has also fallen in love with Friesen. When she learns about a trap that is being set for Lützow Free Corps, she sets out to warn them with the help of her father's clerk Püttchen, a Lützow sympathizer.

Cast

Jürgen Reuter

Hauptmann Friesen

Jaecki Schwarz

Schreiber Püttchen

Hans Teuscher

Hauptmann Bredow

Oleg Vidov

Major Margent

Johannes Wieke

Oberleutnant Röder

Peter Reusse

Leutnant Kranz

Lev Prygunov

Sergeant Fleuron

Karlheinz Liefers

Major Lützow

Wolfgang Dehler

Ratsherr Kerstinn

Hartmut Beer

Ein Lützower

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