Augustus the Strong (film)

Augustus the Strong
German	August der Starke
Directed by	Paul Wegener
Written by	Herbert Tjadens Johannes Eckardt Rolf Meyer Carl Haensel
Produced by	Curt Haensel
Starring	Michael Bohnen Lil Dagover Marieluise Claudius Günther Hadank
Cinematography	Karl Puth
Edited by	Rolf Meyer
Music by	Hans Erdmann
Production companies	Nerthus Film Polski Tobis
Distributed by	Hammer-Tonfilm
Release dates	17 January 1936 (1936-01-17) (Germany) November 1936 (1936-11) (Poland)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	Germany Poland
Language	German

Augustus the Strong (German: August der Starke) is a 1936 German-Polish biographical film directed by Paul Wegener and starring Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, and Marieluise Claudius. The film depicts the life of Augustus the Strong, the Eighteenth Century ruler of Saxony and Poland. It was partly shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber.