Kolberg

Kolberg

Maria Werner

Gen. Gneisenau

Lt. Schill

Stadtkommandant Loucadou

Bauer Werner

Napoleon

Frédéric-Guillaume III

Königin

Friedrich Werner

Claus Werner

Rektor

Reeder

Zaufke (as H.H. Schaufuss)

Fanselow (as F. Schafheitlin)

Gen. Loison

(as St. Germain)

Major in Königsberg

Franz

King Franz II

Timm

Französischer Soldat bei Werner

Extra

Gen. Teulie

Frau von Voß

Adjutant des Generals Loucadou

Prince Louis Ferdinand

Kurt Meisel, who was playing the pacifistic character of Claus Werner in this movie, was 33-34 when the movie was shot. In an interview from 1992 he said that he was happy to be in this movie. The reasons were because that way he didn't had to go to the Wehrmacht and because he was playing an anti-war-character he could act naturally presenting his whole hate for Hitler and the Nazis. However most of this acting has been cut out later on by Joseph Goebbels.

The film was first shown to German troops in Occupied France (La Rochelle).

Featured 15,000 to 20,000 actual German troops in the battle scenes, even as Germany's eastern and western fronts were collapsing. The director tried to make the shooting longer to save them from being sent to the front.

Nettelbeck was arrested by Lucadou after he threatened him to kill him with his sword for saying that they might have to 'eat crow'. But, differently as it portrayed in the movie, this happened not after a disagreement about transporting the cannons to Kolberg but after after the argument about Lucadou's command to rip off the pavement. Lucadou said the line in real life because during that moment a bomb came nearby.

Ferdinand von Schill started his corps of volunteers in January 1807, not in autumn 1806, as displayed in the movie.

In the final scene set in 1807 we learn that Schill died. However Ferdinand von Schill actually died at 31st May 1809, two years after the story, after which he also became major and head of a group of hussars in Berlin.

Bürgermeister Nettelbeck: 50 years I lives in there, an now it's burned down. Alas life goes on

Bürgermeister Nettelbeck: [after Gneisenau asks Nettelbeck to surrender] You weren't born in Kolberg, Gneisenau. You are put here to Kolberg. But we grew up here. We know every stone, every corner every house here. We don't let go. Even if we have to claw in the ground of our city with our nails, we don't let go. First they have to cut off each of our hands or kill us one after the other. Gneisenau, you can't put the whole disgrace on an old man like me. and to give our city to Napoleon. I even promised our king: rather be buried below the ruins that capitulate. Gneisenau, Gneisenau, I never stand on my knees for anyone, now i'm doing it: Kolberg can't be given up, Gneisenau!

Maria Werner: Dear God, you shall not be angry about me, we lived so well so far but please help us now, please help us. Oh, I'm not afraid about myself but don't let Schill die. Only hold your hands upon Schill, father in heaven. Only upon Schill.