''Beautiful Wilhelmine'' (German: ''Die schöne Wilhelmine'') is a West German

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...

broadcast on

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

in four episodes in 1984. It is an adaptation of the novel ''

Die schöne Wilhelmine ''Die schöne Wilhelmine'' ("the beautiful Wilhelmine") is a 1965 novel by the German writer Ernst von Salomon. It tells the story of the romance between the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II and his mistress Wilhelmine Encke during the second ha ...

'' by

Ernst von Salomon Ernst von Salomon (25 September 1902 – 9 August 1972) was a German novelist and screenwriter. He was a Weimar-era national-revolutionary activist and right-wing Freikorps member. Family and education He was born in Kiel, in the Prussian prov ...

.Klossner p.342 It is based on the life of

Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau, born as Wilhelmine Enke, also spelled Encke (29 December 1753 in Potsdam – 9 June 1820 in Berlin), was the official mistress of King Frederick William II of Prussia from 1769 until 1797 and was elevated by him ...

and her relationship with the Prussian King

Frederick William II of Prussia Frederick William II (german: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inherita ...

Cast

Anja Kruse Anja Kruse (born 5 August 1956) is a German film and television actress. She played the title role in the 1984 historical series ''Beautiful Wilhelmine''.Klossner p.161 Selected filmography Film * ''The White Rose'' (1982) * '' Die Einsteiger'' ...

as Wilhelmine *

Rainer Hunold Rainer Hunold (born 1 November 1949 in Brunswick, West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the ...

as Kronprinz, later Fridrich Wilhelm II * Andreas Seyferth as Hannes *

Herbert Stass Herbert Franz Martin Stass (7 October 1919 – 11 November 1999) was a German film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of ...

as Friedrich II. *

Johannes Heesters Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stag ...

as Marschall Keith *

Beatrice Richter Beatrice Richter (; born 20 December 1948 in Munich) is a German TV actress, comedian, cabaret artist and jazz singer. Beatrice Richter concluded an acting education at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, which was follo ...

as Luise *

Silvia Reize Silvia Reize (1948–2012) was a Swiss television and film actress.Klossner p.161 Selected filmography Film * ''My Daughter, Your Daughter'' (1972) * '' Steppenwolf'' (1974) * '' Die Magd'' (1976) * ' (1976) * ''The Second Awakening of Christa K ...

as Elisabeth * Liesel Christ as Landgräfin * Hans-Werner Bussinger as Dr. Heim *

Raphael Wilczek Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

as Matuschkyn *

Jean-Claude Brialy Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Early life Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland ...

as Casanova *

Margit Geissler Margit Geissler (1958–2016) was a German model, film and television actress.Mitchell p.171 She co-hosted the 1985 competition to select the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. She was married to the film director Sigi Rothemund. Sel ...

as Christiane *

Wolfgang Höper Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...

as Bischoffswerder *

Marie Versini Marie Versini (10 August 1940 – 22 November 2021) was a French film and television actress. Career Versini appeared in several international cinema productions. After playing in Karl May film adaptations she received a number of German popula ...

as Mme. Girard *

Ljuba Krbová Ljuba may refer to: * Ljuba (given name), a Slavic given name * Ljuba, Serbia, a village in Syrmia, Vojvodina * 1062 Ljuba 1062 Ljuba, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, a ...

as Minettchen

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links

* {{Ernst von Salomon 1984 German television series debuts 1984 German television series endings German-language television shows 1980s drama television series Television series set in the 18th century