Winterspelt 1944
1978 · 110 min · Drama, War
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.
- Director
- Eberhard Fechner
- Writers
- Eberhard Fechner, Alfred Andersch
- Released
- March 3, 1978
- Language
- German
Cast
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
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