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The Devil's General

6.8 117 mins Drama   War   1955
Real-Film  
Director(s): Helmut Käutner

Release Date: 23 Wed, Feb 1955

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.

Casts of The Devil's General

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

Bum Krüger

as Hauptmann Lüttjohann

Beppo Brem

as Hauptmann Pfundtmayer

Werner Fuetterer

as Baron von Pflunck

Robert Meyn

as Generalleutnant von Stetten

Joseph Offenbach

as Hauptsturmführer Zernick

Wolfried Lier

as Kellner Detlev

Erica Balqué

as Anne Eilers

Reinhold Nietschmann

as Geschäftsführer Otto

Wolfgang Neuss

as Polizei-Fotograf

Horst Beck

as 1. SD-Beamter

Rudolf Fenner

as 2. SD-Beamter

Ingrid van Bergen

as Lyra Schöppke

Inge Meysel

as Frau Korrianke

Werner Riepel

as Kleinschmidt, Görings Fahrer

Werner Schumacher

as SS-Wachtmeister

Gerd Vespermann

as Theaterregisseur Rösler

Jochen Meyn

as Kellner Francois

Thea Thiele

as Jenny Rosenfeld

Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen

as Wirtschafterin Therese

Joachim Hess

as 1. SS-Wachmann

Hans Daniel

as Hauptmann Hassdenteufel

Werner Riepel

as Kleinschmidt

Erich Scholz

as Oberleutnant Vretske

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