Year: 1955
Runtime: 117 mins
Language: German
Director: Helmut Käutner
Based on Carl Zuckmayer’s play, the film follows Luftwaffe General Harras, a vocal opponent of the Nazi regime during World II. His open criticism brings him under Gestapo surveillance and a brief imprisonment. Undeterred, Harras confronts the brutal reality of Germany’s hopeless, unjust war, exposing its horrors.
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