Des Teufels General
Des Teufels General (English: The Devil's General) is a 1955 black and white film based on the play by Carl Zuckmayer. The film features Curd Jürgens as General Harras, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, and Harry Meyen.
Plot
Nazi Germany in 1941. The title character is Luftwaffe General Harras, a highly decorated World War I veteran contemptuous of the Third Reich and the World War II attempt to conquer Europe. Initially courted by SS officials, he continually mocks the Nazi leadership, which leads to friends turning into enemies and suspicion from SS and Gestapo of what may be treason.
Cast
- Albert Lieven
- Beppo Brem
- Bum Krüger
- Camilla Spira
- Curd Jürgens
- Erica Balqué
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz
- Gerd Vespermann
- Hans Daniel
- Harry Meyen
- Horst Beck
- Inge Meysel
- Ingrid van Bergen
- Joseph Offenbach
- Karl John
- Karl Ludwig Diehl
- Marianne Koch
- Paul Westermeier
- Robert Meyn
- Viktor de Kowa
- Werner Fuetterer
- Werner Riepel
- Werner Schumacher
- Wolfgang Neuss
- Wolfried Lier
More details
| author | Carl Zuckmayer George Hurdalek Gyula Trebitsch Helmut Käutner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Helmut Käutner |
| editor | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| events | aviation World War II |
| keywords | arrest deal with the devil devil gestapo heinrich himmler luftwaffe nazi germany sabotage schutzstaffel ss officer third reich |
| musicBy | Friedrich Schröder |
| producer | Richard Gordon Walter Koppel |
| publisher | Distributors Corporation of America Europa-Filmverleih AG |
| theme | war |