Handlung
Edward Dmytryks Film nach dem Bestseller von Irwin Shaw schildert das Schicksal von zwei amerikanischen und zwei deutschen Soldaten im zweiten Weltkrieg. Michael Whiteacre und sein Freund Noah halten nichts vom Krieg. Beide hoffen auf einen ruhigen Job in der Armee. Stattdessen aber werden sie zu einer Fronteinheit abkommandiert, die unter dem Befehl des sadistischen Menschenschinders Rickett steht. Sie machen die Erfahrung, dass der Feind nicht nur auf der anderen Seite der Front ist. Die gleiche Einsicht haben auf der deutschen Seite Leutnant Diestl und Hauptmann Hardenburg, nachdem der Krieg auch ihr Leben zerstört hat. Die Geschichte dieser vier Männer dokumentiert eine Generation, die von der erbarmungslosen Grausamkeit des Krieges geprägt wurde.
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Besetzung
Marlon Brando
Lt. Christian Diestl
Montgomery Clift
Noah Ackerman
Dean Martin
Michael Whiteacre
Hope Lange
Hope Plowman
Barbara Rush
Margaret Freemantle
May Britt
Gretchen Hardenberg
Maximilian Schell
Capt. Hardenberg
Dora Doll
Simone
Lee Van Cleef
1st Sgt. Rickett
Liliane Montevecchi
Françoise
Parley Baer
Sgt. Brandt
Arthur Franz
Lt. Green
Hal Baylor
Pvt. Burnecker
Richard Gardner
Pvt. Crowley
Herbert Rudley
Capt. Colclough
Michael Smith
Draft Board Member (uncredited)
Paul Comi
Pvt. Abbott (uncredited)
John Alderson
Cpl. Kraus (uncredited)
John Banner
German Town Mayor (uncredited)
Milton Frome
Draft Board Physician (uncredited)
Sam Gilman
Pvt. Faber (uncredited)
L.Q. Jones
Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
Bartender (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller
German Civilian with Town Mayor (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens
Brig. Gen. Sam Rockland (uncredited)
Stephen Bekassy
German Major (uncredited)
Dagmar Biener
Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Draft Board Member (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Minor Role (uncredited)
Julian Burton
Pvt. Brailsford (uncredited)
Robert Burton
Col. Mead (uncredited)
Wade Cagle
Lt. Emerson (uncredited)
Ann Codee
French Woman (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Party Guest (uncredited)
David Dabov
Soldier (uncredited)
Ann Daniels
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Joan Douglas
Maid (uncredited)
Larry Duran
German soldier (uncredited)
Robert Ellenstein
Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
Harry Ellerbe
Draft Board Chairman (uncredited)
Norman Grabowski
Barracks Inspection Private (uncredited)
Joe Gray
Soldier (uncredited)
Stan Kamber
Acaro (uncredited)
Craig Karr
Draft Board Secretary (uncredited)
Kurt Katch
Camp Commandant (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Officer at Bar (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns
Minor Role (uncredited)
Nicholas King
Medic (uncredited)
Gil Lasky
Soldier (uncredited)
Gustave Lax
Draft Board Member (uncredited)
George Meader
Milkman (uncredited)
Gordon Mitchell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Clive Morgan
British Colonel (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ann Paige
Minor Role (uncredited)
Christian Pasques
French Boy (uncredited)
Michael Pataki
Pvt. Hagstrom (uncredited)
Voltaire Perkins
Bus Terminal Café Counterman (uncredited)
Mary Pierce
Young French Girl (uncredited)
Art Reichle
Soldier (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Bavarian (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Mailman (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)
Gerald Rowe
Messenger (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
Sergeant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Drunk (uncredited)
Kendall Scott
Emerson (uncredited)
Ann Stebbins
Brunette (uncredited)
Vaughn Taylor
John Plowman (uncredited)
Alfred Tonkel
German Waiter (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
German Colonel (uncredited)
Blaine Turner
Bartender (uncredited)
Lee J. Winters
Private First Class (uncredited)
Doris Wiss
Nurse (uncredited)