The Devil's General (1955)
Des Teufels General
They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!
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.
- Date of release
- 1955-02-23
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (49)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Helmut Käutner
Casting
- 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
- Bum Krüger — Hauptmann Lüttjohann
- Beppo Brem — Hauptmann Pfundtmayer
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