1941, the Third Reich seems to be winning the war. Luftwaffe (air force) general Harry Harras enjoys the good life as highly respected technician and Berlin ministry/ HQ official. However ...
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Title: The Devil's General (1955)
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| Curd Jürgens | ... | General Harry Harras | |
| Viktor de Kowa | ... | SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz | |
| Karl John | ... | Ingenieur Karl Oderbruch | |
| Marianne Koch | ... | Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss | |
| Eva Ingeborg Scholz | ... | Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen (as Eva-Ingeborg Scholz) | |
| Camilla Spira | ... | Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss | |
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Erica Balqué | ... | Anne Eilers |
| Albert Lieven | ... | Oberst Friedrich Eilers | |
| Paul Westermeier | ... | Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras | |
| Karl Ludwig Diehl | ... | Generaldirektor Hugo Mohrungen (as Carl Ludwig Diehl) | |
| Harry Meyen | ... | Leutnant Hartmann | |
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Bum Krüger | ... | Hauptmann Lüttjohann |
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Beppo Brem | ... | Hauptmann Pfundtmayer |
| Werner Fuetterer | ... | Baron von Pflunck | |
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Robert Meyn | ... | Generalleutnant von Stetten |
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1941, the Third Reich seems to be winning the war. Luftwaffe (air force) general Harry Harras enjoys the good life as highly respected technician and Berlin ministry/ HQ official. However his outspoken critical attitude at social occasions awakes hopes from opposition and suspicion from the Nazi party. He suddenly finds himself approached and arrested by the Gestapo, who psychologically torture him. Next his position is threatened by technical aircraft trouble he'll be blamed for but may result from sabotage. Written by KGF Vissers
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23 February 1955 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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The epic of Goethe's "Faust" replayed in real life (Ernst Udet, Generalluftzeugmeister, was the source for Zuckmayer's General Harras), and in a play by Carl Zuckmayer. Displays excellently how Germans were suckered into following the modern day "Pied Piper from Austria": Adolf Hitler; and how you have to pay the piper if you follow him. "Denn wer auf Erden des Teufels General gewesen ist und ihm die Bahn gebombt hat, der muss ihm auch in der Hoelle Quartier machen!" - "For whoever was the Devil's General on this Earth, and who bombed the path for him, also has to be his quartermaster in hell!"