The film begins in 1813 after the phase of the Napoleonic Wars known in German as the ''Befreiungskriege'' (War of the Sixth Coalition). The opening scenes show Kingdom of Prussia Landwehr and volunteers marching down the streets of Wrocław through enthusiastic crowds. This is followed by a dialogue between King Frederick William III of Prussia and Count August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, in which Gneisenau explains that the siege of Kolberg taught the importance of citizen armies. Ending with the admonition that kings who cannot lead must abdicate, the scene switches to Vienna in 1806 to show the abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, whom the script has Gneisenau call "an Emperor who abandoned the German people in their hour of need".
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| Veit Harlan |
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