Children, Mother, and the General (1955)
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.
- Released
- 1955-03-04
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- László Benedek, Herbert Reinecker
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Hilde Krahl as Helene Asmussen
- Therese Giehse as Elfriede Bergmann
- Ursula Herking as Dr. Behrens
- Alice Treff as Pastorin
- Beate Koepnick as Inge
- Marianne Sinclair as Näherin
- Bernhard Wicki as Hauptmann Dornberg
- Ewald Balser as General
- Claus Biederstaedt as Verpflegungsgefreiter
- Rudolf Fernau as Stabsarzt
- Maximilian Schell as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
- Klaus Kinski as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
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