The Degenhardts

The Degenhardts
Directed by	Werner Klingler
Written by	Hans Gustl Kernmayr Wilhelm Krug Georg Zoch
Produced by	Heinrich George
Starring	Heinrich George Ernst Schröder Gunnar Möller Renée Stobrawa
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Ella Ensink
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	Tobis Filmkunst
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	6 July 1944
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Degenhardts (German: Die Degenhardts) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Heinrich George, Ernst Schröder and Gunnar Möller. Karl Degenhardt, the patriarch of a family in Lübeck, leads his wife and five children through the opening stages of Second World War culminating in the Bombing of Lübeck on 28 March 1942 by the Royal Air Force.

The film was part of a cycle of home front films produced in Germany during the war. The film was intended to fan anti-British sentiment and prepare Germans psychologically for the destruction of their cities by Allied bombing raids and invasions. It premiered in Lübeck on 6 July 1944.

Cast

• Heinrich George as Karl Degenhardt
• Ernst Schröder as Jochem Degenhardt
• Gunnar Möller
• Ernst Legal
• Renée Stobrawa
• Wolfgang Lukschy
• Heinz Klingenberg
• Knut Hartwig
• Günther Körner
• Walter Bechmann
• Robert Forsch
• Herwart Grosse
• William Huch
• Hilde Jansen
• Karl Kemper
• Werner Kepich
• Alfred Maack
• Ilse Petri
• Werner Pledath
• Trude Tandar
• Erich Ziegel

Bibliography

• O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. Nazi Cinema as Enchantment. The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House, 2006.

External links

• The Degenhardts at IMDb