Winterspelt 1944

In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Americans stand waiting on the German-Belgian border. The small Eifel village of Winterspelt threatens to become the scene of a bloody battle. A German officer comes up with a plan to hand over his battalion to the Americans without a fight. He finds support from three inhabitants of the small village, who help him to present his offer of surrender to the Americans, which they ultimately reject.

Cast

Ulrich von Dobschütz

as Major Joseph Dincklage

Hans Christian Blech

as Wenzel Hainstock

Katharina Thalbach

as Läthe Lenk

Henning Schlüter

as Dr. Bruno Schefold

Claus Theo Gärtner

as Corporal Hubert Reidel

Ulrich Radke

as Sergeant Major Kammerer

George Roubicek

as Captain John Kimbrough

Frederick Jaeger

as Major Robert Wheeler

Karlheinz Lemken

as Master Sergeant Wagner

George Sewell

as Colonel

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