 It was part of a popular cycle of "Prussian films".The film is a depiction of the Führerprinzip, with the analogy to Adolf Hitler being so clear that Hitler sent a print to Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Goebbels warned against the drawing of the comparison in print, in particular, because of the pessimistic mood that opens the film.After a sergeant gives an unauthorised order, the king orders him simultaneously promoted and punished.