Trenck the Pandur

Trenck the Pandur
Directed byHerbert Selpin
Written byWalter Zerlett-Olfenius
Based onTrenck the Pandur by Emmerich Groh
Produced byHeinrich Jonen
Wilhelm Sperber
StarringHans Albers
Käthe Dorsch
Sybille Schmitz
CinematographyFranz Koch
Edited byFriedel Buckow
Music byFranz Doelle
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 23 August 1940 (1940-08-23)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Trenck the Pandur (German: Trenck, der Pandur) is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch and Sybille Schmitz.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.

Synopsis

The nobleman Trenck returns to Vienna after many years away and raises a unit of Pandurs to serve in the War of the Austrian Succession. He has recently escaped from Russia after facing a court martial and execution, and his romantic entanglements have threatened Austria's important alliance with Russia. He leads his Pandurs against the French to redeem himself, but proves himself most useful in foiling a scheme by the French spies Countess St. Croix and Prince Solojew. The latter is betrothed to Prinzessin Deinhardstein who Trenck has rescued from her unwanted engagement.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Goble p.196
  2. ↑ Moeller p.96
  3. ↑ "Trenck, der Pandur | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 2026-03-23.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1940. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Axel Menges, 2000.
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