The Devil's General (1955)
Directed by Helmut Käutner
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Devil's General (Des Teufels General) stars Curt Jurgens as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
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Keywords
courage, General, German [nationality], imprisonment, judgment, luftwaffe, Nazi, regime, war, Jewish, Satan, torture
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High Artistic Quality
