The Devil's General (1955)
Des Teufels General
They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!
117 min
The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
- Release date
- February 23, 1955
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- Curd Jürgens as General Harry Harras
- Viktor de Kowa as SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
- Karl John as Ingenieur Karl Oderbruch
- Marianne Koch as Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
- Camilla Spira as Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
- Albert Lieven as Oberst Friedrich Eilers
- Paul Westermeier as Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Generaldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
- Harry Meyen as Leutnant Hartmann
- Bum Krüger as Hauptmann Lüttjohann
- Beppo Brem as Hauptmann Pfundtmayer
- Werner Fuetterer as Baron von Pflunck
- Robert Meyn as Generalleutnant von Stetten
- Joseph Offenbach as Hauptsturmführer Zernick
- Wolfrid Lier as Kellner Detlev
- Erica Balqué as Anne Eilers
- Wolfgang Neuss as Polizei-Fotograf
- Horst Beck as 1. SD-Beamter
- Ingrid van Bergen as Lyra Schöppke
- Inge Meysel as Frau Korrianke
- Gerd Vespermann as Theaterregisseur Rösler
- Thea Thiele as Jenny Rosenfeld
Crew
- Helmut Käutner · Director
- Georg Hurdalek · Writer
- Helmut Käutner · Writer
- Carl Zuckmayer · Writer
- Walter Koppel · Producer
- Gyula Trebitsch · Producer
- Albert Benitz · Cinematographer
- Klaus Dudenhöfer · Editor
- Dieter Bartels · Production designer
- Albrecht Becker · Production designer
- Herbert Kirchhoff · Production designer