''Brandenburg Division'' (german: Division Brandenburg) is a 1960

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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 wa ...

directed by Harald Philipp 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 F ...

and Heinz Weiss.Giesen p.273 It depicts members of the German commando unit Brandenburgers during the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors 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

as Jonas *

as Ungerland * Peter Neusser as Pflug * Heinz Weiss 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 base ...

as Czerny *

Helmut Oeser Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may ref ...

as Kugelmann * Gudrun Schmidt as Nina * Monika Weydert as Magret *

Theo Tecklenburg Theo is a given name and a hypocorism. Greek origin Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example: *Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...

as Derndorff * Kurd Pieritz as Markwitz * Bert Sotlar 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 as Secret Service Man * Howard Vernon as Secret Service Man * Kurt Waitzmann as 1. Offizier * Georg Lehn 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