Children, Mother, and the General

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

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  László Benedek
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  Rainer Geis
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  John Hoffmann

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  Hilde Krahl
  Helene Asmussen
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  Therese Giehse
  Elfriede Bergmann
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  Ursula Herking
  Dr. Behrens
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  Alice Treff
  Pastorin
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  Beate Koepnick
  Inge
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  Marianne Sinclair
  Näherin
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  Bernhard Wicki
  Hauptmann Dornberg
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  Ewald Balser
  General
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  Claus Biederstaedt
  Verpflegungsgefreiter
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  Rudolf Fernau
  Stabsarzt
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  Maximilian Schell
  Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
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  Klaus Kinski
  Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht
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  Hans Christian Blech
  Feldwebel mit den Orden
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  Otto Lüthje
  Bahnhofsvorsteher
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  Adi Lödel
  Harald Asmussen
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  Holger Hildmann
  Georg, Sohn der Ärztin
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  Paul Edwin Roth
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  Alfred Schieske
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  Hans Friedrich
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