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Director:
Helmut Käutner
Writers:
George Hurdalek (writer)
Helmut Käutner (writer)
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Release Date:
23 February 1955 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!
Plot:
Harry Harras is a renowned general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. His expertise in turning out... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A great movie with one great actor. more (5 total)

Cast

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Curd Jürgens ... Gen. Harry Harras
Marianne Koch ... Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Viktor de Kowa ... SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl John ... Ingenieur Karl Oderbruch
Eva Ingeborg Scholz ... Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen
Harry Meyen ... Leutnant Hartmann
Bum Krüger ... Hauptmann Lüttjohann
Paul Westermeier ... Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Camilla Spira ... Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Erica Balqué ... Anne Eilers
Albert Lieven ... Oberst Friedrich Eilers
Karl Ludwig Diehl ... Generaldirektor Mohrungen
Beppo Brem ... Hauptmann Pfundtmayer
Werner Fuetterer ... Baron von Pflunck
Joseph Offenbach ... Hauptsturmführer Zernick
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Devil's General (USA)
Le général du diable (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
De duivelsgeneraal (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Djävulens general (Sweden) [sv]
Il generale del diavolo (Italy) [it]
O stratigos Diavolos (Greece) [el]
Paholaisen kenraali (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Klangfilm-Stereocord
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Berlin, Germany more
Company:
Real-Film GmbH more

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A great movie with one great actor., 25 March 2002
Author: 4728 from Berlin, Germany

Curd Juergens, Germany´s famous actor of the fifties and sixties, here playing a part that made him a star: The Devil´s General is an airforce general with extraordinary success in building new warplanes for the luftwaffe in ww2. At the same time, he is definitely not a nazi, not a bureaucrat but a party animal and a human being with a certain sense that everybody should be treated as human beings. This makes him an enemy to the high ranks of the SS and at the same a potential partner for people of the german resistance. In the end, he pays the bill for being part of a system, he never really said "no" to. A great movie with one great actor.

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