Children, Mother, and the General (1955)

Name: Children, Mother, and the General
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1955-03-04
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse, Ursula Herking, Alice Treff, Beate Koepnick

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

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Released 1955-03-04 · 110 min · War, Drama

Directed by László Benedek

Cast

Hilde Krahl as Helene Asmussen
Therese Giehse as Elfriede Bergmann
Ursula Herking as Dr. Behrens
Alice Treff as Pastorin
Beate Koepnick as Inge
Marianne Sinclair as Näherin
Bernhard Wicki as Hauptmann Dornberg
Ewald Balser as General
Claus Biederstaedt as Verpflegungsgefreiter
Rudolf Fernau as Stabsarzt
Maximilian Schell as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Klaus Kinski as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
Hans Christian Blech as Feldwebel mit den Orden
Otto Lüthje as Bahnhofsvorsteher
Adi Lödel as Harald Asmussen