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Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius

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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.

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

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 a test showing was 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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