| Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius | |
| Director: | Herbert Maisch |
| Screenplay: | Lotte Neumann (under the pseudonym C. H. Diller) and Walter Wassermann |
| Music: | Herbert Windt |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Nazi Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Budget: | 1,935,000 ℛℳ |
| Gross: | 2.6 million ℛℳ |
Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius (German: '''Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies''') is a 1940 German film, based on the novel Passion by Norbert Jacques. The film focuses on the early career of the German poet Friedrich Schiller.
The film was released in Italy under the title I masnadieri. It was also released in Sweden and Denmark.
Friedrich Schiller cost 1,935,000 ℛℳ to produce.
Joseph Goebbels was concerned that audiences would not understand the propaganda in the film. The film was approved by the censors on 11 November 1940, and a test showing was held in Stuttgart and Strasbourg on 13 November. It was successful and premiered at the Capitol am Zoo in Berlin on 17 December. It earned 2.6 million ℛℳ at the box office for a profit of 238,000 ℛℳ .