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The Devil's General

  • February 1955
  • 1hr

    57mins

  • Drama
  • War
  • Directed by

    Helmut Käutner,

    Starring

    Curd Jürgens,

    Marianne Koch,

    Viktor de Kowa,

    Karl John

    ...

    Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.