Sons, Mothers and a General
As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.
The Cow and I
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
The Bridge
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Hannibal Brooks
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
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Laslo Benedek
Director
Hans Christian Blech
as
Feldwebel mit den Orden
Klaus Kinski
as
Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
Maximilian Schell
as
Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Til Kiwe
as
Werner
Ingeborg Schöner
as
Helga
Ellen Schwiers
as
Josepha alias 'Marlène' - la fermière
Fritz Wepper
as
Albert Mutz
Frank Glaubrecht
as
Jurgen Borchert
Ira Lewis
as
(voice)
John Alderton
as
Bernard
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as
Elephant Keeper Kellermann
Oliver Reed
as
Stephen 'Hannibal' Brooks
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