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Prussian films were a cycle of historical films made in Germany during the Weimar (1918–1933) and Nazi (1933–1945) eras noted for their general glorification of Prussian history and its military. The films are set during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
In the 19th century, the Prussian Army fought successful wars against Kingdom of Denmark in the Second Schleswig War of 1864; versus the Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 with the Second French Empire of France, led by Emperor Napoleon III; which allowing Prussia to lead and dominate in ...
Films set in the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918). During the 19th century, it was part of first the German Confederation (1815-1848, 1850-1866), secondly the North German Confederation (1867-1871), and lastly the German Empire (1871–1918).
The Rothschilds (1940), German film about the rise of the Rothschild family; That Hamilton Woman (1941), a biopic of Admiral Horatio Nelson; The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), a biopic about William Pitt the Younger; Kolberg (1945), German film about the siege of Kolberg in 1807; Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), naval warfare; The Red and the Black ...
German militarism was a broad cultural and social phenomenon between 1815 and 1945, which developed out of the creation of standing armies in the 18th century. The numerical increase of militaristic structures in the Holy Roman Empire led to an increasing influence of military culture deep into civilian life.
Variation of Prussian Grenadiers and Musketeers in 1708. The figure with the large cap and red plume in the centre left is from the 1st Infantry Regiment. The rather elaborate uniform represents this regiment's link to the monarchy as the 'Life Guards'. In 1701, the regiment was absorbed into the new Prussian Army.
The Prussian Navy fought in several wars but was active mainly as a merchant navy throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as Prussia's military consistently concentrated on the Prussian Army. The Prussian Navy was dissolved in 1867 when Prussia joined the North German Confederation , and its naval forces were absorbed into the North German ...
A standard of the Prussian Army used before 1807. The Royal Prussian Army was the principal armed force of the Kingdom of Prussia during its participation in the Napoleonic Wars. Frederick the Great's successor, his nephew Frederick William II (1786–1797), relaxed conditions in Prussia and had little interest in war.