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.
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Ulrich von Dobschütz
Major Joseph Dincklage
Known for
We Have a Pope
Hans Christian Blech
Wenzel Hainstock
Known for
Wrong Move
Giordano Bruno
Eberhard Fechner
Alfred Andersch
Rudolf Körösi
Katharina Thalbach
Läthe Lenk
Known for
The Signal
The Tin Drum
Johannes J. Frank
Kurt Weber
Henning Schlüter
Dr. Bruno Schefold
Known for
What?
One, Two, Three
György Ligeti
Claus Theo Gärtner
Corporal Hubert Reidel
Also in
A Case For Two
Operation Ganymed
Barbara Büscher-Grimm
Eberhard Fechner Director · Alfred Andersch Author György Ligeti Composer
First release March 3, 1978 · Produced in Germany · Production Multimedia, Sender Freies Berlin
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HR
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Multimedia
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Sender Freies Berlin
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Ullstein AV
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · March 3, 1978
Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
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Germany
March 30, 1979 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 20, 1980 · Theatrical
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