Storyline
During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
Cast & Crew
Heinrich George
Nettelbeck
Lead
Kristina Söderbaum
Maria
Horst Caspar
Gneisenau
Gustav Diessl
Schill
Paul Wegener
Loucadou
Claus Clausen
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Irene von Meyendorff
Königin
Paul Bildt
Rektor
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Veit Harlan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kolberg is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
