Children, Mother, and the General (1955)

6.4/10 110 min War Drama

Overview

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

Cast

Hilde Krahl

Helene Asmussen

Therese Giehse

Elfriede Bergmann

Ursula Herking

Dr. Behrens

Alice Treff

Pastorin

Bernhard Wicki

Hauptmann Dornberg

Ewald Balser

General

Claus Biederstaedt

Verpflegungsgefreiter

Rudolf Fernau

Stabsarzt

Maximilian Schell

Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht

Klaus Kinski

Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

Hans Christian Blech

Feldwebel mit den Orden

Otto Lüthje

Bahnhofsvorsteher

Paul Edwin Roth

Til Kiwe

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