The Devil's General(1955)

🎬117 min
📅1955-02-23
🎭Drama, War
6.8/10

Overview

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.

Production

Real-Film

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Cast

Curd Jürgens
as Gen. Harry Harras
Viktor de Kowa
as SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl John
as Ingénieur Karl Oderbruch
Marianne Koch
as Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
as Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
Camilla Spira
as Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Albert Lieven
as Oberst Friedrich Eilers
Paul Westermeier
as Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Generaldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
Harry Meyen
as Leutnant Hartmann