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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 2/23/1955
Runtime: 117 min
Director: Helmut Käutner
Writers: Helmut Käutner
Top Cast
Curd Jürgens
Gen. Harry Harras
Viktor de Kowa
SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl John
Ingénieur Karl Oderbruch
Marianne Koch
Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
Camilla Spira
Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Albert Lieven
Oberst Friedrich Eilers
Paul Westermeier
Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
Harry Meyen
Leutnant Hartmann
More Like This
The One That Got Away
Waiting for Anya
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
A Midnight Clear
The Memphis Belle
The Fox
The Scarlet and the Black
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The Long Voyage Home
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Wolf Hound
The Last Rifleman
Mister Roberts
Behind the Line: Escape to Dunkirk
Men in War
Escape to Victory
Overlord
The Tin Drum
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
