---
title: 'Augustus the Strong (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Wegener'
released: '1936-01-01'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/augustus-the-strong-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027317/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Augustus the Strong (1936)

1936 · History · Germany, Poland

Original title: August der Starke

## Synopsis

Augustus the Strong 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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Ludwig Reiber.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Wegener](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wegener), [Stanislaw Wasylewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislaw-wasylewski)
- **Screenplay:** [Józef Galewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozef-galewski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Erdmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-erdmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Puth](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-puth)
- **Editor:** [Rolf Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-meyer)

## Cast

- [Curt Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-lucas)
- [Armin Schweizer](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-schweizer)
- [Ernst Legal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-legal)
- [Michael Bohnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bohnen)
- [Lil Dagover](https://cinepixo.com/people/lil-dagover)
- [Loda Halama](https://cinepixo.com/people/loda-halama)
- [Franciszek Brodniewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/franciszek-brodniewicz)
- [Wanda Jarszewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-jarszewska)
- [Maria Balcerkiewiczówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-balcerkiewiczowna)
- [Ernst Rotmund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-rotmund)
- [Walther Süssenguth](https://cinepixo.com/people/walther-sussenguth)
- [Karl Hannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hannemann)
- [Franz Schafheitlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-schafheitlin)
- [Günther Hadank](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-hadank)
- [Paul Mederow](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mederow)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/augustus-the-strong-1936
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