Clausewitz - Lebensbild eines preußischen Generals

In November 1831, the 51-year-old Prussian Major General Carl von Clausewitz burns the first chapters of his autobiography, which he had begun to write at the insistence of his wife Marie. Shocked by the sudden death of his friend Gneisenau, he is forced to realize that at his friend's deathbed he has finally said goodbye to the hopes and plans that had once determined his life and that of his friends...

Screenplay

Hans Pfeiffer

Director

Wolf-Dieter Panse

Status

Released

Release date

27/05/1980

Original language

German