Fridericus Rex

{{Short description|1922 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Fridericus Rex

| image = Fridericus Rex.jpg

| caption =

| director = Arzén von Cserépy

| producer = Arzén von Cserépy

| writer = {{ubl|Hans Behrendt|Bobby E. Lüthge|Arzén von Cserépy}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Otto Gebühr|Albert Steinrück|Gertrud de Lalsky}}

| music = Marc Roland

| editing =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Ernst Lüttgens|Guido Seeber}}

| studio = Cserépy Film

| distributor = UFA

| released = {{Film date|1922|01|31|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Germany

| language = Silent
German intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Fridericus Rex (German: Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang) is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Arzén von Cserépy and starring Otto Gebühr, Albert Steinrück and Gertrud de Lalsky.

It portrays the life of the eighteenth century monarch Frederick the Great. Immensely popular, it was followed by three sequels and launched the Prussian film as a major German genre during the Weimar era.Schulte-Sasse p.93

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Dreier and Ernö Metzner. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. Location filming took place at the Charlottenburg Palace and other sites around historic Brandenburg.