The Adventures of Werner Holt

The Adventures of Werner Holt

1965•2h 36m•7.8/10

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7.8/10(18)

Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.

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Production

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Klaus-Peter Thiele

Klaus-Peter Thiele

Werner Holt

Arno Wyzniewski

Arno Wyzniewski

Sepp Gomulka

Günter Junghans

Günter Junghans

Christian Vetter

Peter Reusse

Peter Reusse

Peter Wiese

Monika Woytowicz

Monika Woytowicz

Gundel Theiß

Dietlinde Greiff

Dietlinde Greiff

Marie Krüger

Angelica Domröse

Angelica Domröse

Uta Barnim

Manfred Karge

Manfred Karge

Gilbert Wolzow

Maria Alexander

Gertie Ziesche

Wolfgang Langhoff

Wolfgang Langhoff

Professor Holt

Wolf Kaiser

Generalmajor Wolzow

Erika Pelikowsky

Erika Pelikowsky

Frau Wolzow

Martin Flörchinger

Martin Flörchinger

Rechtsanwalt Gomulka

Helga Göring

Helga Göring

Frau Gomulka

Ingeborg Ottmann

Frau Wiese

Karla Chadimová

Karla Chadimová

Milena

Klaus Gehrke

Klaus Gehrke

SS-Mann

Peter Borgelt

Peter Borgelt

Unterfeldmeister Böhm

Norbert Christian

Norbert Christian

Studienrat Knaack

Kurt Steingraf

Direktor Maaß

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