Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.
Credits
The Edelweiss Pirates Cast
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Character |
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Anna Thalbach
She was 31, now 51 years old
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as Cilly Serve |
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Jochen Nickel
He was 45, now 65 years old
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as Josef Hoegen |
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Jan Decleir
He was 58, now 78 years old
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as Ferdinand Kütter |
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Sergey Bekhterev
He was 46, 50 years old when he died
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Wolfgang Michael
He was 49, now 69 years old
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as Peter Hüppeler |
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Susanne Bredehöft
She was 47, now 67 years old
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Simon Taal
He was 19, now 39 years old
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as Peter Ripke |
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Ivan Stebunov
He was 22, now 43 years old
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as Karl Ripke |
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Svetlana Gaytan
She was 59, now 79 years old
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Irina Sokolova
She was 47, now 67 years old
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as Friedel Krämer |
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Bela B.
He was 41, now 62 years old
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as Hans Steinbrück |
The Edelweiss Pirates Crew
