Movie · 1955
08/15 at Home
Released 30 December 1955 More from 1955 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The third part of Paul May′s "08/15" trilogy based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst takes place shortly before the end of World War II: In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated, and the battalion of Kowalski, major general von Plönnies and Asch who had risen to the rank of lieutenant in the meantime is left to its own devices to a large extent. They hope to be able to wait for the end of the war without having to encounter any combat operations. At the same time, Asch tries to prevent high-level Nazi officers from disappearing unnoticed and from cashing in on the chaotic circumstances.
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How old were they?
Gustav Waldau
as Alter Mann
Hans Pössenbacher
as Krawattke
O.E. Hasse
as Generalmajor v. Plönies
Edith Schultze-Westrum
as Frau Brahm
Emmerich Schrenk
as Hauptmann Schulz
Hans Christian Blech
as Wachtmeister Platzek
Dietrich Thoms
as Schirrmeister im Stab des Generals
Joachim Fuchsberger
as Gefreiter Asch
Michael Janisch
as Oberleutnant Griefer
Peter Carsten
as Stabsgefreiter Kowalski
Helen Vita
as Lore Schulz
Mario Adorf
as Unteroffizier Stamm
Renate Ewert
as Barbara
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The numbers
62years between the oldest and youngest billed
84Gustav Waldau — oldest on the call sheet
22Renate Ewert — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast