"Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war."
Klaus-Peter Thiele
as Werner Holt
Arno Wyzniewski
as Sepp Gomulka
Günter Junghans
as Christian Vetter
Peter Reusse
as Peter Wiese
Monika Woytowicz
as Gundel Theiß
Dietlinde Greiff
as Marie Krüger
Angelica Domröse
as Uta Barnim
Manfred Karge
as Gilbert Wolzow
Maria Alexander
as Gertie Ziesche
Wolfgang Langhoff
as Professor Holt
Wolf Kaiser
as Generalmajor Wolzow
Erika Pelikowsky
as Frau Wolzow
Martin Flörchinger
as Rechtsanwalt Gomulka
Helga Göring
as Frau Gomulka
Ingeborg Ottmann
as Frau Wiese
Karla Chadimová
as Milena
Klaus Gehrke
as SS-Mann
Peter Borgelt
as Unterfeldmeister Böhm
Norbert Christian
as Studienrat Knaack
Kurt Steingraf
as Direktor Maaß
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
as Wachtmeister Gottesknecht
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
as Hauptmann Kutschera
Herbert Körbs
as General
Kaspar Eichel
as Fritz Zemtzki
Horst Jonischkan
as Günter Ziesche
Kurt Kachlicki
as Leutnant Wehnert
Karl Zugowski
as HJ-Führer Meißner
Rolf Römer
as Unteroffizier Revetcki
Rudolf Ulrich
as Unteroffizier Winkler
Horst Kube
as Unteroffizier Boek
Günter Naumann
as Stabsgefreiter Kindchen
Jochen Thomas
as Oberfeldwebel Burgkert
Helmut Schreiber
as Gefreiter Horbeck
Volkmar Kleinert
as Ober-Vormann Schulze
Dieter Franke
Ingeborg Krabbe
as Frau des SS-Manns
Dieter Bellmann
as Pingel II
Johannes Maus
as Knoth
Trude Bechmann
as Frau Dengelmann
Walter E. Fuß
as
Siegfried Seibt
Joachim Kunert
Director
Screenplay
Claus Küchenmeister
Anne Pfeuffer
Creative Producer
Rolf Sohre
Director of Photography
Gerhard Helwig
Set Designer
Günter Schmidt
Costume Design
Ingeborg Wilfert
Christa Helwig
Editor
Waltraud Pathenheimer
Still Photographer
Gerhard Wohlgemuth
Original Music Composer
Kurt Eppers
Music
Dieter Noll
Novel