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Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War

Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War

19652h 43m

Overview

A recording of the 1939 play "Mother Courage and Her Children" for German TV.

Directed by Harry Buckwitz
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Top Cast

Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

Mutter Courage

Ida Krottendorf

Ida Krottendorf

Kattrin

H

Hans-Joachim Schmiedel

Eilif

H

Heinz-Hermann Bernstein

Schweizerkas

H

Hanns Ernst Jäger

Koch

Sigfrit Steiner

Sigfrit Steiner

Feldprediger

Hannelore Schroth

Hannelore Schroth

Yvette

Günter Strack

Günter Strack

Feldwebel

Walo Lüönd

Walo Lüönd

Werber

E

Erwin Kleist

Feldhauptmann

About Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War

Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War is a drama, tv movie, war film released in 1965. Directed by Harry Buckwitz, it stars Lotte Lenya, Ida Krottendorf, Hans-Joachim Schmiedel. A recording of the 1939 play "Mother Courage and Her Children" for German TV.

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