Trenck the Pandur

{{short description|1940 film}} {{Infobox film | name =Trenck the Pandur | image =File:Trenck the Pandur.jpeg | caption = | director =[[Herbert Selpin]] | producer =[[Heinrich Jonen]] <br> [[Wilhelm Sperber]] | writer = [[Walter Zerlett-Olfenius]] | based_on = ''Trenck the Pandur'' by Emmerich Groh | starring =[[Hans Albers]] <br> [[Käthe Dorsch]] <br> [[Sybille Schmitz]] | music = [[Franz Doelle]] | cinematography = [[Franz Koch (cinematographer)|Franz Koch]] | editing = [[Friedel Buckow]] | studio = [[Tobis Film]] | distributor = Tobis Film | released ={{film date|1940|8|23|df=y}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Trenck the Pandur''''' (German: '''''Trenck, der Pandur''''') is a 1940 German [[historical film|historical]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[Herbert Selpin]] and starring [[Hans Albers]], [[Käthe Dorsch]] and [[Sybille Schmitz]].<ref>Goble p.196</ref><ref>Moeller p.96</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trenck, der Pandur {{!}} filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/trenck-der-pandur_3923d0f96df0455bb960d19e6affaf05 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.filmportal.de}}</ref> 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 [[Habsburg Empire|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 [[Battle of France|German invasion]].

==Synopsis== The nobleman Trenck returns to [[Vienna]] after many years away and raises a unit of [[Pandur]]s to serve in the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. He has recently escaped from [[Russian Empire|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 [[Kingdom of France|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== * [[Hans Albers]] as [[Baron Franz von der Trenck|Freiherr von der Trenck]] * [[Käthe Dorsch]] as [[Maria Theresa|Kaiserin Maria Theresia]] * [[Sybille Schmitz]] as Prinzessin Deinhardstein * [[Hilde Weissner]] as Gräfin St. Croix * [[Elisabeth Flickenschildt]] as Natalie Alexandrowa Fürstin Solojew * [[Hans Nielsen (actor)|Hans Nielsen]] as Laudon * [[Oskar Sima]] as Harun Bashi * [[Jaspar von Oertzen]] as Todt * [[Peter Voß]] as Fürst Khevenhüller * [[Herbert Hübner]] as Fürst Solojew * [[Karl Fochler]] as Prokop, Oberstleutnant * [[Hubert von Meyerinck]] as Herr von Sazenthal * [[Harry Hardt]] as Major Löwenwalde * [[Hadrian Maria Netto]] as Zeremonienmeister b. K. * [[Theodor Thony]] as Marschall Coigny * [[Josef Peterhans]] as Zeremonienmeister Deinartstein * [[Fritz Hinz-Fabricius]] as Herr von Sommerfeld * [[Boris Alekin]] as Russischer Leutnant

== References == {{reflist}}

== 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.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0033184}}

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