Schindler's List
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Film / 1955
The Devil's General
Directed by
Helmut Käutner
The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
The story
The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
Cast
Curd JürgensGen. Harry Harras
Viktor de KowaSS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl JohnIngénieur Karl Oderbruch
Marianne KochDorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Eva Ingeborg ScholzWaltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
Camilla SpiraKammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Albert LievenOberst Friedrich Eilers
Paul WestermeierOtto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Karl Ludwig DiehlGeneraldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
Harry MeyenLeutnant Hartmann
Bum KrügerHauptmann Lüttjohann
Beppo BremHauptmann Pfundtmayer
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Werner FuettererBaron von Pflunck
Robert MeynGeneralleutnant von Stetten
Joseph OffenbachHauptsturmführer Zernick
Wolfried LierKellner Detlev
Erica BalquéAnne Eilers
Reinhold NietschmannGeschäftsführer Otto
Wolfgang NeussPolizei-Fotograf
Horst Beck1. SD-Beamter
Rudolf Fenner2. SD-Beamter
Ingrid van BergenLyra Schöppke
Inge MeyselFrau Korrianke
Werner RiepelKleinschmidt, Görings Fahrer
Werner SchumacherSS-Wachtmeister
Gerd VespermannTheaterregisseur Rösler
Jochen MeynKellner Francois
Thea ThieleJenny Rosenfeld
Gustl Busch
Emmy Percy-WüstenhagenWirtschafterin Therese
Joachim Hess1. SS-Wachmann
Balduin Baas
Horst Breitenfeld
Hans DanielHauptmann Hassdenteufel
Erich ScholzOberleutnant Vretske
Friedrich Schütter
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