The Devil's General
They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!
6.8(47) 1955-02-23 117 minDramaWar
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.
ScreenplayGyula Trebitsch
DirectorHelmut Käutner
ProducerWalter Koppel
ScreenplayHelmut Käutner
ScreenplayGeorge Hurdalek
ProducerGyula Trebitsch
Cast & characters
Curd Jürgens
as Gen. Harry Harras
Viktor de Kowa
as SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl John
as Ingénieur 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
Wolfried Lier
as Kellner Detlev
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Erica Balqué
as Anne Eilers
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Reinhold Nietschmann
as Geschäftsführer Otto
Wolfgang Neuss
as Polizei-Fotograf
Horst Beck
as 1. SD-Beamter
Rudolf Fenner
as 2. SD-Beamter
Ingrid van Bergen
as Lyra Schöppke
Inge Meysel
as Frau Korrianke
Werner Riepel
as Kleinschmidt, Görings Fahrer
