The Devil's General
1955Curt 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.
Acted in
Curd Jürgens
as Gen. Harry Harras
Marianne Koch
as Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss
Viktor de Kowa
as SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
Karl John
as Ingénieur Karl Oderbruch
Harry Meyen
as Leutnant Hartmann
Bum Krüger
as Hauptmann Lüttjohann
Paul Westermeier
as Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras
Camilla Spira
as Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss
Albert Lieven
as Oberst Friedrich Eilers
Beppo Brem
as Hauptmann Pfundtmayer
Joseph Offenbach
as Hauptsturmführer Zernick
Wolfried Lier
as Kellner Detlev
Ingrid van Bergen
as Lyra Schöppke
Wolfgang Neuss
as Polizei-Fotograf
Inge Meysel
as Frau Korrianke
Werner Riepel
as Kleinschmidt, Görings Fahrer
Werner Schumacher
as SS-Wachtmeister
Gerd Vespermann
as Theaterregisseur Rösler
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
as Waltraut 'Pützchen' Mohrungen