Children, Mother, and the General

5.8
  • Genre: WarDrama
  • Run time: 110 min
  • Premiere: 1955. March 4.

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.

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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

Adi Lödel

Harald Asmussen

Holger Hildmann

Georg, Sohn der Ärztin

Art

Erich Kettelhut

Production Design

Johannes Ott

Production Design

Camera

Günther Rittau

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

F.W. Burmeister

Costume Design

Herbert Grieser

Makeup Artist

Charlotte Kersten

Makeup Artist

Gertrud Schaefer

Makeup Artist

Directing

Rainer Geis

Assistant Director

John Hoffmann

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Erich Pommer

Producer

Heinz-Joachim Ewert

Production Manager

Sound

Werner Eisbrenner

Original Music Composer