Overview

1780: When farmer Schmitzdorff in Wust, Brandenburg, is denied permission to marry his stepdaughter Sophie, he goes to Potsdam to obtain permission from the king himself. Because when he believes he is in the right, the proud man stubbornly insists on his opinion. But his stubbornness gets the better of him when he meets the dashing Wordelmann, Frederick II's personal grenadier, in an inn on the way. The latter sees the farmer as a welcome distraction from his otherwise dreary everyday life. Wordelmann tricks Schmitzdorff at his expense and pretends to be allowed to perform the wedding because of his military affiliation. And so the grenadier ends up organizing a wedding that isn't a wedding and takes the dastardly prank to the extreme until everyone involved has lost their laughter.

Top Cast

Herbert Köfer

Bauer Schmitzdorff

Peter Reusse

Grenadier Wordelmann

Franziska Troegner

Sophie

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Vater Mettke

Bruno Carstens

Grenadier

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Jörg Knochée

Grenadier

Klaus Nietz

Grenadier

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Berndt Stichler

Grenadier

Peter Bause

Fischer Krüger

Johannes Wieke

Schulze Lier

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Klaus Mertens

Christine Harbort