Operation Michael

During the Great War, German soldiers are persuaded to die heroically in order to take a French village held by the British.

Cast

Heinrich George

as Kommandierender General

Mathias Wieman

as Major zur Linden

Willy Birgel

as Major Graf Schellenberg

Hannes Stelzer

as Lt. Prinz Erxburg

Beppo Brem

as Gefreiter Kollermann

Karl John

as Leutnant Hassenkamp

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