Beautiful Wilhelmine (German: Die schöne Wilhelmine) is a West German historical television series broadcast on ZDF in four episodes in 1984. It is an adaptation of the novel Die schöne Wilhelmine by Ernst von Salomon.[1] It is based on the life of Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau and her relationship with the Prussian King Frederick William II of Prussia.

Beautiful Wilhelmine
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Die schöne Wilhelmine by Ernst von Salomon
Written by	Karl Wittlinger
Directed by	Rolf von Sydow
Starring	Anja Kruse Rainer Hunold Johannes Heesters
Composer	Günther Fischer
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Release
Original network	ZDF
Original release	6 September (1984-09-06) – 16 September 1984 (1984-09-16)

Cast

• Anja Kruse as Wilhelmine
• Rainer Hunold as Kronprinz, later Fridrich Wilhelm II
• Andreas Seyferth as Hannes
• Herbert Stass as Friedrich II.
• Johannes Heesters as Marschall Keith
• Beatrice Richter as Luise
• Silvia Reize as Elisabeth
• Liesel Christ as Landgräfin
• Hans-Werner Bussinger as Dr. Heim
• Raphael Wilczek as Matuschkyn
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Casanova
• Margit Geissler as Christiane
• Wolfgang Höper as Bischoffswerder
• Marie Versini as Mme. Girard
• Ljuba Krbová 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

• Beautiful Wilhelmine at IMDb