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Children, Mother, and the General(Movie, 1955)

Original title: "Kinder, Mütter und ein General" (German/DE)
1h 50min | Genres: War, Drama
Children, Mother, and the GeneralRating: 2.9/5 (with 33 votes)
Children, Mother, and the General (German: Kinder, Mütter und ein General, and also released as Sons, Mothers, and a General) is a 1955 West German war film directed by László Benedek and starring Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse and Ewald Balser. The film was not a popular success, possibly because its anti-war perspective clashed with support for German rearmament and membership in NATO. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Location filming took place on Lüneburg Heath. ()
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About Children, Mother, and the General

Laslo Benedek interrupted his thriving Hollywood career to return to Europe as director of the German Kinder, Mutter und ein General (Children, Mother and the General). The film is set in Berlin during the last days of WW II. Desperate for manpower, Hitler has ordered that all able-bodied teenaged boys --some as young as 15 -- be drafted into the army. Frau Asmussen (Hilde Krahl) is one of five mothers who learn to their horror that their boys have been slated to be cannon fodder on behalf of the Third Reich. Asmussen and the other mothers head directly to the front to plead with the German generals for the lives of their sons. Not directly an indictment of Germany's involvement in (or incitement of) the recent war, Kinder, Mutter und ein General stresses the futility and heartbreak of all wars everywhere.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Plays in: Germany
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: German (DE)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/04/1955
Producer: Erich Pommer
Screenwriter: Herbert Reinecker
Director of Photography: Günther Rittau
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Hauen Sie ab mit Heldentum"
"Sons, Mothers and a General"
Keywords: world war ii
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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