Winterspelt 1944 (1978)

8.0/10 110 min Drama War

Overview

In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.

Cast

Ulrich von Dobschütz

Major Joseph Dincklage

Hans Christian Blech

Wenzel Hainstock

Katharina Thalbach

Läthe Lenk

Henning Schlüter

Dr. Bruno Schefold

Claus Theo Gärtner

Corporal Hubert Reidel

George Roubicek

Captain John Kimbrough

Frederick Jaeger

Major Robert Wheeler

Karlheinz Lemken

Master Sergeant Wagner

George Sewell

Colonel

David Healy

Pfc Foster

Garrick Hagon

Lieutenant Evans

Ulrike Bliefert

Therese Thelen

Peter Lehmbrock

Arnold Weinandy

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