Overview
Plot
Adapted from Carl Zuckmayer's play, this film follows renegade Luftwaffe general Harras, who openly criticizes the Nazi regime during WWII. He is surveilled and briefly imprisoned, yet remains outspoken as he grasps the war's horrific dimensions.
- Directors
- Helmut Käutner
- Cast
- Curd Jürgens, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Marianne Koch, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Camilla Spira, Albert Lieven, Paul Westermeier, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Harry Meyen, Bum Krüger, Beppo Brem, Werner Fuetterer, Robert Meyn, Joseph Offenbach, Wolfried Lier, Erica Balqué, Reinhold Nietschmann, Wolfgang Neuss, Horst Beck
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Release date
- 1955-02-23
- Studios
- Real-Film
Plot
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The Devil's General Plot and Cast
Based on Carl Zuckmayer's eponymous play, the story centers on General Harras, a renegade officer in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. His open criticism of the Nazi regime leads to surveillance and a short imprisonment. Unbowed, Harras continues to speak out and comes to recognize the horrific scale of the hopeless and unjust war Germany is waging.
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