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The Edelweiss Pirates
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The Edelweiss Pirates

2004-08-29 · 100 min · ★ 5.4

Drama · History · War

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

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Directors
Niko von Glasow
Production companies
Palladio Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, First Floor Features, X Filme Creative Pool, WDR
Countries
Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands
Status
Released

Top Cast

Bela B.Bela B.Hans Steinbrück
Ivan StebunovIvan StebunovKarl Ripke
Simon TaalPeter Ripke
Anna ThalbachAnna ThalbachCilly Serve
Jochen NickelJochen NickelJosef Hoegen
Jan DecleirJan DecleirFerdinand Kütter
Wolfgang MichaelWolfgang MichaelPeter Hüppeler
Irina SokolovaIrina SokolovaFriedel Krämer
Svetlana GaytanSvetlana Gaytan
Susanne BredehöftSusanne Bredehöft
Sergey BekhterevSergey Bekhterev
Jean JülichKarl Ripke (old)
Oleg SokolovOleg SokolovGestapo officer

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