The Adventures of Werner Holt

Feb 4, 1965

2h 36m

★ 7.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Werner Holt

Klaus-Peter Thiele

Sepp Gomulka

Arno Wyzniewski

Christian Vetter

Günter Junghans

Peter Wiese

Peter Reusse

Gundel Theiß

Monika Woytowicz

Marie Krüger

Dietlinde Greiff

Uta Barnim

Angelica Domröse

Gilbert Wolzow

Manfred Karge

Gertie Ziesche

Maria Alexander

Professor Holt

Wolfgang Langhoff

Generalmajor Wolzow

Wolf Kaiser

Frau Wolzow

Erika Pelikowsky

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