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Helmut KäutnerKamera:
Albert BenitzBesetzung:
Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Albert Lieven, Werner Fuetterer, Inge Meysel, Ingrid van Bergen, Bum Krüger, Karl John (mehr)Streaming (3)
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Deutschland, Dezember 1941: Hitlers Armee hat die Welt in einen fürchterlichen Krieg gestürzt. Die Führung der gefürchteten SS versucht, den berühmten Fliegergeneral Harras aus strategischen Gründen für ihre Zwecke zu gewinnen. Doch der passionierte Pilot ist nicht nur ein weltgewandter Charmeur, sondern auch ein unverbesserlicher Spötter, der außer seiner Fliegerei nichts ernst zu nehmen scheint – am wenigsten die braunen Machthaber im Land ... (arte)
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Helmut Käutner was among the directors who made a name for themselves at the end of the 1930s, successfully lived through the war, shot one hit after another, and did not stop even in the new era. Therefore, there was no one better who could arrange that paradox of post-war optics. The Devil's General stands primarily on the outstanding performance of Curd Jürgens and depicts the much-needed story of an individual who saw through it already in 1941. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer (1946) inspired by the fate of Ernst Udet, who committed suicide after the failure of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
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The film adaptation of Carl Zuckmayer's play takes the viewer into an unpleasant period of German history and is particularly notable for the performance of Curd Jürgens. As far as the theme concerned, it is interesting, but in the end it is a mediocre take on the resistance to Nazi Germany. In short, a slightly more theatrical film in places (understandably given the source material) that doesn't offend, but it doesn't impress either.
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