Winterspelt 1944
Plot
In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.
At a glance
- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Original language
- German
- Production countries
- Germany
- Director
- Eberhard Fechner
- Cast
- Ulrich von Dobschütz, Hans Christian Blech, Katharina Thalbach, Henning Schlüter, Claus Theo Gärtner