The Devil's General
Des Teufels General
1955, Film, 117 min, Drama, War, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 67
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.
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Cast
- Curd Jürgens as General Harry Harras
- Viktor de Kowa as SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
- Karl John as Ingenieur Karl Oderbruch
- Marianne Koch as Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
- Camilla Spira as Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
- Erica Balqué as Anne Eilers
- Albert Lieven as Oberst Friedrich Eilers
- Paul Westermeier as Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
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