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