Film

Winterspelt 1944

1978 · 1h 50m · Drama · War

IMDb

5.0

In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.

Ulrich von Dobschütz

Major Joseph Dincklage

Hans Christian Blech

Wenzel Hainstock

Katharina Thalbach

Läthe Lenk

Henning Schlüter

Dr. Bruno Schefold

Claus Theo Gärtner

Corporal Hubert Reidel

Ulrich Radke

Sergeant Major Kammerer

George Roubicek

Captain John Kimbrough

Frederick Jaeger

Major Robert Wheeler

Karlheinz Lemken

Master Sergeant Wagner

George Sewell

Colonel

David Healy

Pfc Foster

Hal Galili

Master Sergeant

Garrick Hagon

Lieutenant Evans

Andreas von Studnitz

Private Fritz Borek

James Bate

Singer

Ulrike Bliefert

Therese Thelen

• Eberhard FechnerDirector · Producer · Writer
• Alfred AnderschNovel
• Kurt WeberDirector of Photography
• Rudolf KörösiDirector of Photography
• György LigetiOriginal Music Composer
• Barbara Büscher-GrimmEditor

Release date

March 3, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama, War

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