Winterspelt 1944 (1978)
In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.
- Released
- 1978-03-03
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Eberhard Fechner
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Ulrich von Dobschütz as Major Joseph Dincklage
- Hans Christian Blech as Wenzel Hainstock
- Katharina Thalbach as Läthe Lenk
- Henning Schlüter as Dr. Bruno Schefold
- Claus Theo Gärtner as Corporal Hubert Reidel
- Ulrich Radke as Sergeant Major Kammerer
- George Roubicek as Captain John Kimbrough
- Frederick Jaeger as Major Robert Wheeler
- Karlheinz Lemken as Master Sergeant Wagner
- George Sewell as Colonel
- David Healy as Pfc Foster
- Hal Galili as Master Sergeant