Cadets (film)

Cadets
Directed by	Karl Ritter
Written by	Karl Ritter Felix Lützkendorf
Produced by	Karl Ritter
Starring	Mathias Wieman Carsta Löck Andrews Engelmann Theo Shall
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Gottfried Ritter
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	5 September 1939 (1939-09-05) (11th Nuremberg Rally) 2 December 1941 (1941-12-02) (general release)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cadets (German: Kadetten) is a 1939 German historical war film directed by Karl Ritter starring Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck, and Andrews Engelmann. The film is set in 1760, against the backdrop of the Austro-Russian Raid on Berlin during the Seven Years' War. It depicts a group of Prussian cadets holding off superior Russian forces.

Because of its anti-Russian theme the film was pulled from release in 1939 following the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It was rereleased in December 1941, shortly after the pact was broken and Germany and the Soviets were at war.^[1]

The film is loosely connected to the Prussian film cycle of historical epics.