The Condemned Village

The Condemned Village

1952•1h 47m•8.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(1)

East German propaganda film about an American army base trying to take away land from a West German village.

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Production

DEFA

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Helga Göring

Helga Göring

Käthe Vollmer

Günther Simon

Günther Simon

Heinz Weimann

Eduard von Winterstein

Dorfpfarrer

Albert Garbe

Albert Garbe

Bürgermeister

Marga Legal

Marga Legal

Witwe Rühling

Albert Doerner

Albert Doerner

Fritz Vollmer

Barbara Adolph

Anna

Harry Riebauer

Harry Riebauer

US-amerikanischer Militärpolizist

Ruth Baldor

Ruth Baldor

Lindbäuerin

Reimar Johannes Baur

Reimar Johannes Baur

Bauernbursche

Hans Rose

Gefängniswärter

Ludwig Sachs

Telegrammbote

Otto Stübler

Bauer Meisel

Friedrich Gnaß

Bauer Scheffler

Ulrich von der Trenck

Dorfschullehrer

Aribert Grimmer

Bauer Riebnitz

Wolf Kaiser

Amerikanischer Oberst

Helmuth Hinzelmann

Innenminister

Hermann Stövesand

Hermann Stövesand

Anton Reinhard

William Gade

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