In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred.
| Release Date: | Jul 1958 |
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| Genre: | Drama / Romance / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations |
| Cast: | John Gavin (Ernst Graeber), Liselotte Pulver (Elizabeth Kruse Graeber (as Lilo Pulver)), Jock Mahoney (Immerman), Don DeFore (Hermann Boettcher), Keenan Wynn (Reuter), Erich Maria Remarque (Professor Pohlmann), Dieter Borsche (Captain Rahe), Barbara Rütting (Woman Guerrilla), Thayer David (Oscar Binding), Charles Régnier (Joseph), Dorothea Wieck (Frau Lieser), Kurt Meisel (Heini), Agnes Windeck (Frau Witte), Clancy Cooper (Sauer), John Van Dreelen (Political Officer), Klaus Kinski (Gestapo Lieutenant), Alice Treff (Frau Langer), Alexander Engel (Mad Air Raid Warden), Jim Hutton (Hirschland (as Dana J. Hutton)), Bengt Lindström (Steinbrenner), Wolf Harnisch (Sergeant Muecke), Karl Ludwig Lindt (Dr. Karl Fresenburg), Lisa Helwig (Frau Kleinert), Paul Frees (Several Characters (voice) (uncredited)), Alexander Welbat (Otto Binding (uncredited)), Ralf Wolter (Feldmann the Taylor (uncredited)) |