The Young Lady of Barnhelm

The Young Lady of Barnhelm (1940)

Comedy

During the Seven Years' War, Prussian Major von Tellheim sacrifices his own fortune to save a Saxon estate from being plundered. After the war ends he is discharged and left penniless when the government suspects his noble deed was actually due to a bribe. Believing his lost honour makes him unworthy Tellheim breaks his engagement to Minna von Barnhelm, but she tracks him down to a Berlin tavern to win him back. To test his love Minna pretends she has also lost her wealth, prompting Tellheim’s protective instincts to finally override his stubborn pride. The film concludes with a royal decree from Frederick the Great, restoring Tellheim's rank and fortune and allowing the couple to marry.

Director: Hans Schweikart

Casts

	Käthe Gold as Minna von Barnhelm
	Ewald Balser as Major von Telheim
	Theo Lingen as Riccaut de la Marlinière
	Fita Benkhoff as Franziska
	Paul Dahlke as Just
	Erich Ponto as Wirt
	Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Von Schornow
	Fritz Kampers as Wachtmeister Werner
	Hans Leibelt as Graf Bruchsall
	Paul Wagner as Hauptmann Marloff
	Max Eckard as Cornet von Bonin
	Albert Lippert as Prinz Heinrich
	Eduard von Winterstein as Müller Willig
	Gustav Waldau as Juwelier
	Ingolf Kuntze as Sächsischer Gesandter
	Peter Pasetti as 2. Offizier
	Klaus Pohl as
	Fritz Reiff as Stabsoffizier
	Friedrich Ulmer as Vorsitzender des Kriegsgerichts
	Annemarie Holtz as Schauspielerin
	Erna Sellmer as 1. sächsische Dame
	Lisa Helwig as 2. Sächsische Dame
	Luise Hohorst as 3. Sächsische Dame
	Else Kündinger as 4. Sächsische Dame
	Kurt Stieler as Ältester der Sächsischen Stände
	Herbert Kroll as Diener
	Otto Brefin as Sekretär
	Charles Willy Kayser as 1. Offizier
	Werner Vogeler as Schreiber
	Julius Riedmüller as Feldjäger
	Kurt Eick as Preussischer Korporal
	Gerhard Bienert as
	Walter Franck as
	Margarete Haagen as Sächsische Greisin
	Luise Hoferat as
	Friedrich Reich as

Crew