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Friedrich Schiller - The triumph of a genius is a 1940 German film, based on the novel Passion by Norbert Jacques. It treats the artistic beginnings of the German poet Friedrich Schiller.

Plot
In the 18th Century Württemberg is suffering under the harsh rule of the Duke of Wurttemberg, Karl Eugen. The poet Schubart dares open criticism, but is arrested shortly thereafter, and thrown into the Asperg prison.

At the same time, the young Friedrich Schiller growing internal opposition to the military drill of the military academy, where he studied medicine at the Duke's command.

During the parade march to the birthday of Karl Eugen's wife, the Countess Franziska von Hohenheim, Schiller is causing a stir when he can get his flame Laura Rieger, a love poem. Their mother is lobbying the Countess committed to spare Schiller.

In presenting the diplomas Schiller explained to Karl Eugen, that he temper in his medical work a philosophical tone, because every science, and medicine has its limits, and when composing his works he follow his heart. The angry Karl Eugen orders that Schiller had to spend yet another year at the academy. The use of Schiller's father, who works as a gardener for Charles Eugene remains without success. When Laura is committed to the Countess for Schiller, this promised help, but will fruit either.

Meanwhile, Schiller begins secretly, his protest piece, the robber to write. Even with the extra year at the academy, Schiller does not break his will and goes so well from a dispute with Karl Eugen, whether geniuses are born or brought up, as the winner.

As Schiller says Laura is proud that his play was finished, he learns of her dismayed by Schubart's arrest.

In an appeal suggests the Duke, who won by the opposition of his fellow students and Schiller wind and announces that he will not tolerate rebellion, a trip to Schiller Asperg before. There Schiller applies his horror on a broken Schubart. In faith, Karl Eugen Schiller would be jailed, leaves General Rieger Schiller Asperg on set, what is the Duke, however, withdrawn immediately.

In the meantime, Laura has the manuscript of The Robbers forwarded to court marshal silver calf. Schiller was only disappointed by this betrayal, but learns from Laura that the manuscript was still with her. Schiller can immediately print it anonymously. Not to attract attention, Schiller is now devoting all of medicine, to pass his exams and can finally leave the academy. After graduation occurs Schiller in the services of the regiment of General Augé, who enjoyed the Schiller tells you that he the author of the robberholding a genius.

In the inn get Schiller and his friends, the publication of the robbers are celebrating a letter from the theater director Dalberg fromMannheim and learn to their delight that the piece should be listed.

The show is a success. Duke Karl Eugen gets into a rage and calls Schiller himself. When Schiller is still in his settings, he has no alternative but to leave Württemberg in order to escape the imprisonment of the Asperg.

Reviews
The film critics sought primarily to an explanation of how it was possible that was shown during the period of Nazi dictatorship, Friedrich Schiller without fear as a rebel against the authorities of his time. You saw the one hand a collection of Schiller as a predecessor of the "geniuses" Hitler, on the other hand, we also looked for hidden criticism of the Nazi regime.

Thus Thomas Kramer noted for Reclams lexicon of German film, if it were a carefully orchestrated film about Schiller and his freedom-loving spirit. Like other films is his genius are assigned the function of "German supermen to style, which had in the Nazi ethic rights, not the rest of the population entitled." This should allow parallels to Adolf Hitler caused. However, this is desirable tendency, among others, Klopfer and Caspar, "Schiller drew a rebellious hothead," have been undermined repeated here. [1]

Heynes film lexicon called Schiller a strange "mixture of freedom and national pathos," the high sounds on the song "superman", so the film for the Nazis was politically valuable. [2]

Even the Catholic Film service pointed to the careful direction and major occupation, through which the film "a remarkable political ambivalence between the rebellious" in tyrannos "and the cult of the genius of Nazi ideology" show. [3]

Erwin Leiser noted that "a superficial observer [...] perhaps the temptation to" succumb "in this film, a call for freedom of expressionto be seen. " Actually going but ignored here is that the film is not against the Duke party grab that was fitted to rule with all the rights to his subjects, which it lacked, however, to the visionary genius of Schiller, the limits on so the logic of the film according to different rules. would The author of the robbers was the forerunner of the film after the author of Mein Kampf. A quote from a contemporary review from the magazine Film-Kurier, which include the " superhuman mentioned violence, "the genius voice in Schiller leaves, Quiet follow a rhetorical question:" Who is not here at the moment in which Hitler's Appeals and politicians will feel? " [4]

The German Film Institute says:

"The elaborately staged film star-studded divided even today the film critics. While some see this as a protest against the repression in 1940, others see the figure of the brilliant large German Friedrich Schiller reflected the ideology of the Nazis' [5]