Die gefrorenen Blitze
Die gefrorenen Blitze (Frozen Lightning; English-language title: Frozen Flashes; French-language title: Et l'Angleterre sera détruite, England Shall Be Destroyed) is a two-part 1967 East-German film. The plot revolves around the history of the resistance movement in Peenemünde during the Second World War and its attempt to sabotage the V-2 program.
Plot
on 5 November 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives the Oslo Report, but the Military Intelligence doubts its veracity. The German research in Peenemünde goes undisturbed from the British. In spite of this, various resistance groups gather information about the site and attempt to hinder the missiles' development, taking great risks.
Cast
- Achim Schmidtchen
- Adolf Peter Hoffmann
- Alan Winnington
- Alfred Müller
- Christoph Engel
- Clara Gansard
- Clément von Wroblewsky
- David Morgan
- Dietrich Körner
- Edwin Marian
- Egon Günther
- Emil Karewicz
- Erich Brauer
- Ewa Wiśniewska
- Fritz Diez
- Georges Aubert
- Gerd Michael Henneberg
- Günter Junghans
- Hannjo Hasse
- Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
- Hans Lucke
- Harald Hauser
- Harry Merkel
- Helga Labudda
- Helmut Schreiber
- Ingeborg Ottmann
- Ingolf Gorges
- Jiří Vršťala
- Jochen Diestelmann
- Johannes Maus
- John Peet
- Leon Niemczyk
- Maik Hamburger
- Mark Dignam
- Mikhail Ulyanov
- Norbert Christian
- Petra Kelling
- Reimar Johannes Baur
- Renate Blume
- Renate Geißler
- Rolf Ripperger
- Theresia Wider
- Uwe Detlef Jessen
- Vera Oelschlegel
- Victor Beaumont
- Victor Grossman
- Walter Kaufmann
- Werner Lierck
- Werner Toelcke
- Willi Schrade
- Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
More details
| author | Harry Thürk |
|---|---|
| director | János Veiczi |
| editor | Ruth Ebel |
| events | World War II |
| keywords | abandon bomb end oslo report rock |
| musicBy | Günter Hauk |
| producer | Erich Kühne |
| productionCompany | DEFA |
| publisher | Progress Film |
| theme | spy war |