The film has been subject to a query by the "Oberprüfstelle" (the censors) twice and was first reduced to 100 min. but then again extended to 102 min.. The reason for the complaints was in both cases the depiction of Reichspräsident Hindenburg, the "hero of Tannenberg". This accounted for the film scenes and the stills that were displayed in front of the cinemas.
The second verdict of September 22nd, 1932 read that the scenes had to be removed not because Hindenburg was played by an actor (even then persons of who stand in the public eye or characters of contemporary history were partly obstructed in their personal rights), but because the way in which Hindenburg was protrayed did no justice at all to the personality of the Reichspräsident and hero of Tannenberg but "distorts and degrades" it. This disparagement "constitutes a serious offense to the vital interests of the state".
(For the complete verdict (in German only) cp.: http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/zengut/df2tb794z.pdf)