Die Russen kommen (1968)
The Russians Are Coming
It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.
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Gert Krause-Melzer
as Günter
as Günter
Viktor Perevalov
as Igor
as Igor
Dorothea Meissner
as Christine
as Christine
Norbert Christian
as Vater Bergschicker
as Vater Bergschicker
Karla Runkehl
as Mutter Bergschicker
as Mutter Bergschicker
Vsevolod Safonov
as Golubkow
as Golubkow
Rolf Ludwig
as Vater Walcher
as Vater Walcher
Katja Paryla
as Mutter Walcher
as Mutter Walcher
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
as Polizist
as Polizist
Claus Küchenmeister
as Willi
as Willi
Ulrich Teschner
as Bannführer
as Bannführer
Peter Bause
as deutscher Soldat
as deutscher Soldat
Lissy Tempelhof
as
as
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Heiner Carow
Director
Director
Peter Gotthardt
Music
Music
Heiner Carow
Writer
Writer
Claus Küchenmeister
Writer
Writer
Egon Richter
Novel
Novel
Jürgen Brauer
Cinematography
Cinematography
Evelyn Carow
Editor
Editor
