1965

2h 36m

7.8(16 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.

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41 members

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Klaus-Peter Thiele

Werner Holt

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Arno Wyzniewski

Sepp Gomulka

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Günter Junghans

Christian Vetter

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Peter Reusse

Peter Wiese

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Monika Woytowicz

Gundel Theiß

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Dietlinde Greiff

Marie Krüger

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Angelica Domröse

Uta Barnim

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Manfred Karge

Gilbert Wolzow

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Maria Alexander

Gertie Ziesche

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Wolfgang Langhoff

Professor Holt

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Wolf Kaiser

Generalmajor Wolzow

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Erika Pelikowsky

Frau Wolzow

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Martin Flörchinger

Rechtsanwalt Gomulka

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Helga Göring

Frau Gomulka

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Ingeborg Ottmann

Frau Wiese

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Karla Chadimová

Milena

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Klaus Gehrke

SS-Mann

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Peter Borgelt

Unterfeldmeister Böhm

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Norbert Christian

Studienrat Knaack

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Kurt Steingraf

Direktor Maaß

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Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Wachtmeister Gottesknecht

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Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Hauptmann Kutschera

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Herbert Körbs

General

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Kaspar Eichel

Fritz Zemtzki

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Horst Jonischkan

Günter Ziesche

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Kurt Kachlicki

Leutnant Wehnert

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Karl Zugowski

HJ-Führer Meißner

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Rolf Römer

Unteroffizier Revetcki

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Rudolf Ulrich

Unteroffizier Winkler

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Horst Kube

Unteroffizier Boek

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Günter Naumann

Stabsgefreiter Kindchen

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Jochen Thomas

Oberfeldwebel Burgkert

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Helmut Schreiber

Gefreiter Horbeck

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Volkmar Kleinert

Ober-Vormann Schulze

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Dieter Franke

SS-Mann

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Ingeborg Krabbe

Frau des SS-Manns

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Dieter Bellmann

Pingel II

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Johannes Maus

Knoth

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Trude Bechmann

Frau Dengelmann

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Walter E. Fuß

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Siegfried Seibt

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