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The Edelweiss Pirates

52% | Aug 29, 2004 | Drama, History, War

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.

Featured Crew

Niko von Glasow
Director
Oli Weiss
Editor

Cast

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Bela B.
Hans Steinbrück
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Ivan Stebunov
Karl Ripke
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Simon Taal
Peter Ripke
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Anna Thalbach
Cilly Serve
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Jochen Nickel
Josef Hoegen

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