Film · Drama, War
The Devil's General (1955)
They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!
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.
- Director
- Helmut Käutner
- Writers
- Gyula Trebitsch, Helmut Käutner, George Hurdalek
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- February 23, 1955
- Original title
- Des Teufels General
Cast
Curd JürgensGen. Harry Harras
Viktor de KowaSS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl JohnIngénieur Karl Oderbruch
Marianne KochDorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Eva Ingeborg ScholzWaltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
Camilla SpiraKammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Albert LievenOberst Friedrich Eilers
Paul WestermeierOtto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Karl Ludwig DiehlGeneraldirektor Hugo Mohrungen
Harry MeyenLeutnant Hartmann
Bum KrügerHauptmann Lüttjohann
Beppo BremHauptmann Pfundtmayer
Werner FuettererBaron von Pflunck
Robert MeynGeneralleutnant von Stetten
Joseph OffenbachHauptsturmführer Zernick
Wolfried LierKellner Detlev- Erica BalquéAnne Eilers
- Reinhold NietschmannGeschäftsführer Otto
Wolfgang NeussPolizei-Fotograf
Horst Beck1. SD-Beamter
