The Captain and His Hero

The Captain and His Hero
Directed by	Max Nosseck
Written by	Claus Hubalek (play) Karl-Wilhelm Vivier
Produced by	Artur Brauner Wolf Brauner
Starring	Ernst Schröder Jo Herbst Fita Benkhoff
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer Karl Löb Igor Oberberg
Edited by	Annemarie Rokoss
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Eden-Film
Release date	8 July 1955 (1955-07-08)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Captain and His Hero (Template:Lang-de) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst and Fita Benkhoff. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Luigi.

Cast

• Ernst Schröder as Hauptmann Eisenhecker
• Jo Herbst as Paul Kellermann / Franz Kellermann
• Fita Benkhoff as Frau Kellermann
• Ilse Steppat as Yvonne
• Ingeborg Schöner as Ilse
• Fritz Wagner as Hauptmann Peppmöller
• Bruno Fritz as Hauptfeldwebel Krenke
• Günter Pfitzmann as Hauptmann Roeder
• Wolfgang Müller as Schreiber Kunze
• Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as General
• Clemens Hasse as Unteroffizier Nebelzahn
• Wolfgang Gruner as Rekrut Ladiges
• Else Reval
• Joseph Noerden
• Ralf Wolter as Ängstlicher Rekrut
• Rolf Möbius
• Heinz Giese as Rekrutierungsoffizier
• Wolfgang Völz as Oberleutnant
• Curt Ackermann as General
• Werner Peters as Hauptmann Roeder
• Heinz Petruo as Stabsarzt bei Musterung
• Friedrich Schütter as Soldat

Bibliography

• Frodon, Jean-Michel, ed. (2010). Cinema and the Shoah. Translated by Harrison, Anna; Mes, Tom. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-3028-7.

External links

• The Captain and His Hero at IMDb