Edelweiss Pirates ( Edelweißpiraten )

Edelweiss Pirates (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Edelweißpiraten
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Niko Brücher

Written By:
Niko Brücher
Kiki von Glasow

Actors:
Ivan Stebunov ..... Karl Ripke (as Iwan Stebunov)
Bela B. Felsenheimer ..... Hans Steinbrück
Jochen Nickel ..... Josef Hoegen
Anna Thalbach ..... Cilly Serve
Jan Decleir ..... Ferdinand Kütter
Simon Taal ..... Peter Ripke
Jean Jülich ..... Alter Karl
Florian Wilken ..... Franz 'Bubbes' Rheinberger
Dominik Bromma ..... Günther Schwarz
Johannes Schaller ..... Barthel Schink
Pavel Metyanin ..... '
Volker Röhlich ..... Roland Lorent
Svetlana Gajtan ..... Maria
Wolfgang Michael ..... Peter Hüppeler

Synopsis:

Spring 1945. The Americans march into Cologne. Documents are burning at the Gestapo's headquarters. Prisoners are being lined up. At the last minute, superintendent Kuetter tries to get the orders to execute them. But all lines are dead. Kuetter shoots himself. The prisoners survive. One of them is Karl, a 17-year-old boy. Karl remembers his life before. One and a half years previously, his life is about as normal as normal can be in a bombed out town. His mother is dead, his father is on the front, and he lives together with his younger brother Peter. Peter is a member of the Hitler Youth, Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate, the natural enemies of his brother's gang. Karl is also in love with his fallen brother's fiancee, Cilly. Karl's life changes when he and his friends find a runaway prisoner named Hans. Until Cilly falls in love with Hans...

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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