The Edelweiss Pirates
2004, German. Directed by Niko von Glasow.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Niko von GlasowDirector
- Bela B.Hans Steinbrück
- Ivan StebunovKarl Ripke
- Simon TaalPeter Ripke
- Anna ThalbachCilly Serve
- Jochen NickelJosef Hoegen
- Jan DecleirFerdinand Kütter
- Wolfgang MichaelPeter Hüppeler
- Irina SokolovaFriedel Krämer
- Svetlana GaytanCast
- Susanne BredehöftCast
- Sergey BekhterevCast
- Jean JülichKarl Ripke (old)
Details
- Released
- 29 August 2004
- Original title
- Edelweißpiraten
- Country
- Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands
- Written by
- Kiki von Glasow, Niko von Glasow
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Who directed The Edelweiss Pirates?
The Edelweiss Pirates (2004) was directed by Niko von Glasow and stars Bela B., Ivan Stebunov, Simon Taal.