Cast & Crew

Directed by

Egon Günther

Writing Credits

Egon Günther
(screenplay)
Heinz Kamnitzer
(screenplay)
Hans Nadolny
(dramatisation)
Arnold Zweig
(novel)

Cast

Klaus Piontek
Werner Bertin
Benjamin Besson
Leutnant Kroysing
Milan Neela
Hauptmann Niggel
Dietmar Richter-Reinick
Wilhelm Pahl
Jürgen Hentsch
Karl Lebede
Carl Heinz Choynski
Unteroffizier Glinski
Axel Dietrich
Unteroffizier Süßmann
Uwe Kockisch
Christoph Kroysing
Klaus-Peter Thiele
Leutnant Mettner
Klaus Manchen
Pater Lochner
Ralph Boettner
Oberst Stein
Paul Arenkens
Major Jantsch
Ernst Schumacher
Kriegsgerichtsrat Mertens
Egon Günther
Leutnant Mahnitz
Werner Kamenik
Feldwebel Feicht
Peter Krieg-Helbig
Feldwebel Simmerding
Jean-Pierre Franklemon
Schweizer Militärschriftsteller
Ulrich Teschner
Unteroffizier Böhme
Willi Scholz
Gefreiter aus Baden
Achim Petry
Hauptmann Lauber
Victor Keune
Feldwebel Graßnick
Jürgen Klauß
Rechtsanwalt Porisch
Ernst Ullrich
Barbier Neumann
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
General
Pelle Pedersen
Axel Krog
Horst Lebinsky
(as Horst Lebinski)
Karl-Heinz Weiss
(as Karl-Heinz Weiß)

Music by

Karl-Ernst Sasse

Cinematography by

Erich Gusko

Editing by

Rita Hiller

Production Design by

Harald Horn

Costume Design by

Werner Bergemann

Makeup Department

Bernd Jaeschke
makeup artist
Margot Raatzke
makeup artist
Erich Runge
makeup artist
Horst Schulze
makeup artist

Production Management

Erich Albrecht
production manager
Dieter Krüger
unit manager
Karl-Heinz Rüsike
unit manager
Theo Scheibler
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jochen Diestelmann
assistant director
Dietmar Hochmuth
assistant director
Elke Niebelschütz
assistant director

Art Department

Franz F. Fürst
set constructor
Richard Schmidt
set constructor

Sound Department

Wolfgang Höfer
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Wolfgang Ebert
assistant camera
Ingo Raatzke
assistant camera
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