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Children, Mother, and the General
Film / 1955

Children, Mother, and the General

Directed by László Benedek
WarDrama

★ 6.4/10Audience rating

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

The story

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

Cast

Hilde KrahlHelene Asmussen Therese GiehseElfriede Bergmann Ursula HerkingDr. Behrens Alice TreffPastorin Beate KoepnickInge Marianne SinclairNäherin Bernhard WickiHauptmann Dornberg Ewald BalserGeneral Claus BiederstaedtVerpflegungsgefreiter Rudolf FernauStabsarzt Maximilian SchellSoldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht Klaus KinskiLeutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
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Hans Christian BlechFeldwebel mit den Orden Otto LüthjeBahnhofsvorsteher Adi LödelHarald Asmussen Holger HildmannGeorg, Sohn der Ärztin Paul Edwin Roth Alfred Schieske Hans Friedrich Til Kiwe Hans Mahler Elke Aberle Horst Beck Johannes Buzalski Hermann Kner Karl Striebeck

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