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Frühe Meister der Filmkunst: Des Teufels General
Early Masters of Film Art: The Devil's General
Event by: Filmkunst66
Location: Bleibtreustraße 12, Bleibtreustraße 12, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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D 1955
Literary adaptation.
Director: Helmut Käutner
Screenplay: George Hurdalek, Helmut Käutner (based on the drama by Carl Zuckmayer)
Production: Walter Koppel
Music: Friedrich Schröder
Camera: Albert Benitz, Jost Graf von Hardenberg
Editor: Klaus Dudenhöfer
Cast: Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz, Harry Meyen, Bum Krüger, Paul Westermeier, Camilla Spira, Erica Balqué, Albert Lieven, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Beppo Brem, Werner Fuetterer, Ingrid van Bergen, Wolfgang Neuss and others.
117 minutes, b/w, FSK 12
The Luftwaffe General Harras (model: Ernst Udet), who dedicated himself to Hitler's Wehrmacht out of his obsession with flying, realized in December 1941 that he had become complicit in war and inhumanity. He atones for his moral failings by removing his more characterful friend, who resisted through sabotage, from the SS's grasp through his death. (filmdienst.de)
1955: Venice International Film Festival: Coppa Volpi for Curd Jürgens (Best Actor)
1955: Federal Film Prize: Film Ribbon in Silver for Marianne Koch (Best Female Supporting Role)
“Käutner's film is not designed to be a salvific for anyone, it is a clear mirror that we should look into. It shows that Tragedy that reigned over us and continues to shine into our present.” (Die Zeit from March 3, 1955)
"A remarkable, serious contemporary document from the Third Reich based on Zuckmayer's stage play of the same name. For people who research the background and ask further questions when the film no longer has anything to say." (Protestant film watcher)
Literary adaptation.
Director: Helmut Käutner
Screenplay: George Hurdalek, Helmut Käutner (based on the drama by Carl Zuckmayer)
Production: Walter Koppel
Music: Friedrich Schröder
Camera: Albert Benitz, Jost Graf von Hardenberg
Editor: Klaus Dudenhöfer
Cast: Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz, Harry Meyen, Bum Krüger, Paul Westermeier, Camilla Spira, Erica Balqué, Albert Lieven, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Beppo Brem, Werner Fuetterer, Ingrid van Bergen, Wolfgang Neuss and others.
117 minutes, b/w, FSK 12
The Luftwaffe General Harras (model: Ernst Udet), who dedicated himself to Hitler's Wehrmacht out of his obsession with flying, realized in December 1941 that he had become complicit in war and inhumanity. He atones for his moral failings by removing his more characterful friend, who resisted through sabotage, from the SS's grasp through his death. (filmdienst.de)
1955: Venice International Film Festival: Coppa Volpi for Curd Jürgens (Best Actor)
1955: Federal Film Prize: Film Ribbon in Silver for Marianne Koch (Best Female Supporting Role)
“Käutner's film is not designed to be a salvific for anyone, it is a clear mirror that we should look into. It shows that Tragedy that reigned over us and continues to shine into our present.” (Die Zeit from March 3, 1955)
"A remarkable, serious contemporary document from the Third Reich based on Zuckmayer's stage play of the same name. For people who research the background and ask further questions when the film no longer has anything to say." (Protestant film watcher)