The Devil's General
Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
Cast
Curd Jürgens
Gen. Harry HarrasMarianne Koch
Dorothea 'Diddo' GeissViktor de Kowa
SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-LausitzKarl John
Ingenieur Karl OderbruchHarry Meyen
Leutnant HartmannBum Krüger
Hauptmann LüttjohannPaul Westermeier
Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von HarrasCamilla Spira
Kammersängerin Olivia GeissAlbert Lieven
Oberst Friedrich EilersBeppo Brem
Hauptmann PfundtmayerJoseph Offenbach
Hauptsturmführer ZernickWolfried Lier
Kellner DetlevIngrid van Bergen
Lyra SchöppkeWolfgang Neuss
Polizei-FotografInge Meysel
Frau KorriankeWerner Riepel
Kleinschmidt, Görings FahrerWerner Schumacher
SS-WachtmeisterEva Ingeborg Scholz
Waltraut 'Pützchen' MohrungenImages
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