Children, Mother, and the General

1955 film

Children, Mother, and the General
Film poster
Directed by	László Benedek
Written by	Herbert Reinecker (novel) Laszlo Benedek
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Hilde Krahl Therese Giehse Ewald Balser
Cinematography	Günther Rittau
Edited by	Anneliese Artelt
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Intercontinental Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	3 March 1955 (1955-03-03)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Children, Mother, and the General (German: Kinder, Mütter und ein General, and also released as Sons, Mothers, and a General) is a 1955 West German war film directed by László Benedek and starring Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse and Ewald Balser. The film was not a popular success, possibly because its anti-war perspective clashed with support for German rearmament and membership in NATO.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. Location filming took place on Lüneburg Heath.

Cast

Hilde Krahl as Helene Asmussen
Ewald Balser as General
Therese Giehse as Elfriede Bergmann
Ursula Herking as Dr. Behrens, Ärztin
Alice Treff as Pastorin
Beate Koepnick as Inge
Marianne Sinclair as Näherin
Adi Lödel as Harald Asmussen
Dieter Straub as Leo Bergmann
Holger Hildmann as Sohn der Ärztin
Karl-Michael Kuntz as Edmund, Sohn der Pastorin
Walter Lehfeld as Werner, Sohn der Näherin
Peter Burger as Robert, Inges Bruder
Bernhard Wicki as Hauptmann Dornberg
Claus Biederstaedt as Verpflegungsgefreiter
Rudolf Fernau as Stabsarzt
Hans Christian Blech as Feldwebel mit den Orden
Klaus Kinski as Leutnant
Maximilian Schell as Deserteur
Alfred Schieske as Fahrer mit der Flasche

References

^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Children, Mother, and the General". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
"Award Search". goldenglobes. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
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Bibliography

Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links

Children, Mother, and the General at IMDb

v t e Films directed by László Benedek
Song of Russia (1944) The Kissing Bandit (1948) Port of New York (1949) Death of a Salesman (1951) The Wild One (1953) Bengal Brigade (1954) Children, Mother, and the General (1955) Affair in Havana (1957) Recours en grâce (1960) Moment of Danger (1960) Namu, the Killer Whale (1967) Daring Game (1968) The Night Visitor (1971) Assault on Agathon (1977)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Foreign Film – Foreign Language 1949–1972	Bicycle Thieves (1949) Genevieve / The Lady of the Camelias / No Way Back / Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) Children, Mother, and the General / Dangerous Curves / Eyes of Children / Ordet / Stella (1955) Before Sundown / A Girl in Black / Roses on the Arm / War and Peace / The White Reindeer (1956) Confessions of Felix Krull / Tizoc / Yellow Crow (1957) Girl and the River / The Road a Year Long / Rosemary (1958) Aren't We Wonderful? / Black Orpheus / The Bridge / Odd Obsession / Wild Strawberries (1959) The Truth / The Virgin Spring (1960) Two Women (1961) Divorce Italian Style (1962) Any Number Can Win (1963) Marriage Italian Style (1964) Juliet of the Spirits (1965) A Man and a Woman (1966) Live for Life (1967) War and Peace (1968) Z (1969) Rider on the Rain (1970) The Policeman (1971) The Emigrants / The New Land (1972)
Foreign Film 1973–1985	The Pedestrian (1973) Scenes from a Marriage (1974) Lies My Father Told Me (1975) Face to Face (1976) A Special Day (1977) Autumn Sonata (1978) La Cage aux Folles (1979) Tess (1980) Chariots of Fire (1981) Gandhi (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) A Passage to India (1984) The Official Story (1985)
Foreign Language Film 1986–2020	The Assault (1986) My Life as a Dog (1987) Pelle the Conqueror (1988) Cinema Paradiso (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Europa Europa (1991) Indochine (1992) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Farinelli (1994) Les Misérables (1995) Kolya (1996) Ma vie en rose (1997) Central Station (1998) All About My Mother (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) No Man's Land (2001) Talk to Her (2002) Osama (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Paradise Now (2005) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Waltz with Bashir (2008) The White Ribbon (2009) In a Better World (2010) A Separation (2011) Amour (2012) The Great Beauty (2013) Leviathan (2014) Son of Saul (2015) Elle (2016) In the Fade (2017) Roma (2018) Parasite (2019) Minari (2020)
Non-English Language Film 2021–present	Drive My Car (2021) Argentina, 1985 (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Emilia Pérez (2024)

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