The Standard

Directed by Ottokar Runze

Written by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Herbert Asmodi

During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.

Cast

Simon Ward

Fähnrich Herbert Menis

Siegfried Rauch

Botenlauben

Gerd Böckmann

Anschütz

Robert Hoffmann

Koch Klein

Jon Finch

Charbinsky

Peter Cushing

Baron Hackenberg

Lil Dagover

Erzherzogin

Wolfgang Preiss

Oberst

Maria Perschy

Mordax

Rudolf Prack

kaiserlicher Hofdiener

Friedrich von Ledebur

General

Viktor Staal

Anton