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Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius

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Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius
Directed byHerbert Maisch
Screenplay byLotte Neumann (under the pseudonym C. H. Diller) and Walter Wassermann
Based onPassion
by Norbert Jacques
Starring
Music byHerbert Windt
Release date
  • 17 December 1940 (1940-12-17)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman
Budget1,935,000 ℛℳ
Box office2.6 million ℛℳ

Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius (German: Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies) is a 1940 German film, based on the novel Passion by Norbert Jacques. The film focuses on the early career of the German poet Friedrich Schiller.

The film was released in Italy under the title I masnadieri. It was also released in Sweden and Denmark.

Cast

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Production

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Friedrich Schiller cost 1,935,000 ℛℳ (equivalent to $8,564,587 in 2021) to produce.[1]

Release

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Joseph Goebbels was concerned that audiences would not understand the propaganda in the film. The film was approved by the censors on 11 November 1940, and test showings were held in Stuttgart and Strasbourg on 13 November. It was successful and premiered at the Capitol am Zoo in Berlin on 17 December.[2] It earned 2.6 million ℛℳ (equivalent to $11,507,972 in 2021) at the box office for a profit of 238,000 ℛℳ (equivalent to $1,053,422 in 2021).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Welch 1983, pp. 269.
  2. ^ Welch 1983, pp. 140, 278.

Works cited

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  • Welch, David (1983). Propaganda and the German Cinema: 1933-1945. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781860645204.
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