---
title: 'Trenck the Pandur (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Selpin'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/trenck-the-pandur-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033184/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Trenck the Pandur (1940)

1940 · 96 min · War · Germany

Original title: Trenck, der Pandur

## Synopsis

Trenck the Pandur is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch and Sybille Schmitz. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Maurischat and Fritz Lück. 
It is loosely based on the life of Baron Franz von der Trenck, the commander of Trenck's Pandurs raised during the reign of Maria Theresa of Austria. The film was laced with anti-French attitudes, as when it was went into production Nazi Germany and France were enemies in the Second World War. By the time the film was released France had been forced into an armistice after the German invasion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Selpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-selpin)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Zerlett-Olfenius](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-zerlett-olfenius)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Doelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-doelle)
- **Producer:** [Heinrich Jonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-jonen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-koch)
- **Editor:** [Friedel Buckow](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedel-buckow)

## Cast

- [Josef Peterhans](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-peterhans)
- [Herbert Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-hubner)
- [Elisabeth Flickenschildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-flickenschildt)
- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Lutz Götz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lutz-gotz)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Wolfgang von Schwind](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-von-schwind)
- [Lucy Millowitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-millowitsch)
- [Käthe Dorsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathe-dorsch)
- [Karl Fochler](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-fochler)
- [Harry Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hardt)
- [Sybille Schmitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/sybille-schmitz)
- [Hilde Weissner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-weissner)
- [Angelo Ferrari](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-ferrari)
- [Jaspar Oertzen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaspar-oertzen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/trenck-the-pandur-1940
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