Rommel (film)

Rommel
Rommel
Directed by	Niki Stein
Produced by	Nico Hofmann, Arianne Krampe, Jürgen Schuster for Teamworx
Starring	Ulrich Tukur ; Tim Bergmann
Music by	Jacki Englke, Ulrich Spies
Release date	1 November 2012;
Running time	120 min
Country	Germany
Language	German

Rommel is a 2012 German television film first shown on Das Erste. It is a dramatisation of the last days of German general Erwin Rommel.

Plot

The TV-movie starts at the last day (14.10.1944) of Rommel's life with a talk between him and the generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel. In this talk the generals present burdening material. They say Rommel has the choice between suicide and a trial before the Volksgerichtshof. After this scene the last months of his life from March 1944 are presented 1944 in a chronological review. At this time Rommel is responsible for the Atlantikwall and should prevent an invasion of the allied forces.

Cast

Ulrich Tukur - Erwin Rommel
Tim Bergmann - Caesar von Hofacker
Rolf Kanies - Eberhard Finckh
Patrick Mölleken - Manfred Rommel
Hanns Zischler - Gerd von Rundstedt
Klaus J. Behrendt - Heinz Guderian
Benjamin Sadler - Dr. Hans Speidel
Aglaia Szyszkowitz - Lucie-Maria Rommel
Robert Schupp - Aldinger
Peter Wolf - Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Hubertus Hartmann - Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel

External links

Rommel at IMDb

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