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Des Teufels General (1955)

Drama | 117 minutes
3,26 36 votes

Genre: Drama / War

Duration: 117 minuten

Alternative titles: The Devil's General / De Duivelsgeneraal

Country: West Germany

Directed by: Helmut Käutner

Stars: Curd Jürgens, Viktor de Kowa and Marianne Koch

IMDb score: 7,2 (1.431)

Releasedate: 23 February 1955

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Des Teufels General plot

"They bought his soul and put him in command of Hell!"

Germany, December 1941 - German Luftwaffe General Harras dislikes the Nazis and openly proclaims early on during Hitler's campaigns that the battle is a lost cause. With his repeated criticism of the Nazi regime, the apparently unassailable Burgundian brings himself even deeper into conflict with the SS.

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Actors and actresses

Gen. Harry Harras

Dorothea 'Diddo' Geiss

SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz

Ingénieur Karl Oderbruch

Leutnant Hartmann

Hauptmann Lüttjohann

Otto Korrianke, Fahrer von Harras

Kammersängerin Olivia Geiss

Oberst Friedrich Eilers

Hauptmann Pfundtmayer

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Movsin

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I would call this a psychological war film in which the figure of General Harras (charismatically played by Curd Jürgens) is based on that of Ernst Udet.

The film indeed offers little action - it could be considered a play on stage - because Harras's state of mind and his views on Nazism form the main part and the structure of this film, which culminates, for example, in an almost excruciatingly long opening scene, with much talking and a lot of characters.

So, anyone expecting action can safely say the film never really takes off. Those who care about Harras and his legacy will find it somewhat more rewarding.

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clubsport

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I completely agree with lovelyboy's review, moreover Curd Jurgens plays in my opinion the role of his life, many strongly written statements and one-liners, a strong story about the practices in the Nazi regime, an aspect that in my opinion should deserve much more attention in films about Nazi Germany.

You get a strong impression here of how people function in such an extreme system, where you see a distinction between fanatical followers, followers and people who have profited moderately in their careers but are internally disgusted by the system and can no longer go back.

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