

110 minutes
8/12/1955
Winter 1942: Like thousands of other German soldiers, Asch and Vierbein have ended up at the Eastern front. Although Vierbein finds a new friend in Kowalski, the squadron commander captain Witterer, a true army veteran, gives them a really hard time. Witterer’s pointless orders reflect the bad habits of many former superiors. And again, Vierbein has to bear the brunt.

Joachim Fuchsberger
as Gefreiter Asch

O.E. Hasse
as Oberstleutnant von Plönnies
Rolf Kutschera
as Hauptmann Witterer
Emmerich Schrenk
as Oberleutnant Schulz

Hans Christian Blech
as Wachtmeister Platzek

Paul Bösiger
as Unteroffizier Vierbein

Peter Carsten
as Stabsgefreiter Kowalski
Gundula Korte
as Ingrid Asch

Ellen Schwiers
as Natascha

Helen Vita
as Lore Schulz

Mario Adorf
as Gefreiter Wagner

Armin Dahlen
as Infanterie-Major
Hans Elwenspoek
as Wachtmeister Werktreu

Rainer Penkert
as Oberleutnant Wedemann
Gitta Lind

Erica Beer
Ulla Melchinger
Otto Bolesch
Kalle Kirjavainen

Klaus Pohl

Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Manfred Schuster