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''Brandenburg Division'' (german: Division Brandenburg) is a 1960
West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...
directed by
Harald Philipp Harald Philipp (1921–1999) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. Selected filmography * ''The Old Forester House'' (1956) * ''The Csardas King'' (1958) * ''A Thousand Stars Aglitter'' (1959) * ' (1960) * ''Brandenburg Division'' ...
and starring
Hanns Ernst Jäger Hanns Ernst Jäger (1 January 1910 – 15 August 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 1972. Filmography References External links * 1910 births 1973 deaths German male ...
,
Wolfgang Reichmann Wolfgang Reichmann (7 January 1932 – 7 May 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1954 and 1991. He starred in the film '' The Fair'', which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Fi ...
and
Heinz Weiss Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor. Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in ''Das Traumschiff''. He also played the chara ...
.Giesen p.273 It depicts members of the German commando unit
Brandenburgers The Brandenburgers (german: Brandenburger) were members of the Brandenburg German special forces unit during World War II. Originally, the unit was formed by and operated as an extension of the military's intelligence organ, the '' Abwehr''. ...
during the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s Otto Erdmann and
Hans Jürgen Kiebach Hans Jürgen Kiebach (28 August 1930 – 19 May 1995) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. Selected filmography * ''Three Da ...
.


Cast

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Hanns Ernst Jäger Hanns Ernst Jäger (1 January 1910 – 15 August 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 1972. Filmography References External links * 1910 births 1973 deaths German male ...
as Jonas *
Wolfgang Reichmann Wolfgang Reichmann (7 January 1932 – 7 May 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1954 and 1991. He starred in the film '' The Fair'', which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Fi ...
as Ungerland *
Peter Neusser Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...
as Pflug *
Heinz Weiss Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor. Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in ''Das Traumschiff''. He also played the chara ...
as Dörner *
Klaus Kindler Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseb ...
as Czerny * Helmut Oeser as Kugelmann *
Gudrun Schmidt Gudrun Schmidt (born 7 February 1941) is a German former cross-country skier. She competed in three events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, representing East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deut ...
as Nina * Monika Weydert as Magret * Theo Tecklenburg as Derndorff *
Kurd Pieritz ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
as Markwitz *
Bert Sotlar Bert Sotlar (1921–1992) was a Yugoslav film actor. He starred in the 1959 German film ''Dorothea Angermann''.Alpi p.249 Selected filmography * ''The House on the Coast'' (1954) * ''Three Quarters of a Sun'' (1959) * ''Dorothea Angermann ''Doro ...
as Popoff *
Stanislav Ledinek Stanislav Ledinek (26 June 1920 – 30 March 1969) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1953 and 1968. He died in Istanbul, Turkey. Selected filmography * '' Such a Charade'' (1953) * ''Red Roses, Red Lips, Re ...
as Mitropoulos *
Jean-Jacques Delbo Jean-Jacques Delbo (10 January 1909 – 20 May 1996) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1990. Filmography References External links * 1909 births 1996 deaths French male film actors {{F ...
as Secret Service Man *
Howard Vernon Howard Vernon (15 July 1908 – 25 July 1996) was a Swiss actor. In 1961, he became a favorite actor of Spanish film director Jesús Franco and began starring in many low-budget horror and erotic films produced in Spain and France. After po ...
as Secret Service Man *
Kurt Waitzmann Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber * '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...
as 1. Offizier *
Georg Lehn Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * ...
as Polizeiführer * Willy Schäfer as Russischer Offizier


References


Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf. '' Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.


External links

* 1960 films 1960 war films German war films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Harald Philipp Films based on non-fiction books German World War II films 1960s German films Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski {{WWII-film-stub