The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	J. Joachim Bartsch Rudolf Böhmler Albert Armin Lerche Michael Graf Saltikow
Produced by	Franz Seitz
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Antje Geerk Ewald Balser
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke
Edited by	Sophie Himpele Ingeborg Taschner
Music by	Rolf A. Wilhelm
Production company	Franz Seitz Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	23 April 1958
Running time	94 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (German: Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino) is a 1958 French–German war film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Antje Geerk and Ewald Balser. The title refers to the Green Devils, German parachute troops of the Second World War.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Arne Flekstad and Bruno Monden.

Cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Lt. Reiter
• Antje Geerk as Inge
• Ewald Balser as Lt. Schlegel
• Elma Karlowa as Gina
• Dieter Eppler as Karl Christiansen
• Agnès Laurent as Hélène
• Carl Wery as Gen. Heidenreich
• Wolfgang Preiss as Munkler
• Wolfgang Wahl as Greinert
• Wolfgang Neuss as Neumann
• Armin Dahlen as Pater Emmanuel
• Harald Juhnke as Hugo Lembke
• Leonard Steckel as Abbott
• Jan Hendriks as Fausto
• Albert Hehn as Maj. Zillert
• Siegfried Breuer Jr.
• Hans von Borsody
• Walter Gross
• Michl Lang
• Wolf Ackva
• Rolf Castell
• Hans Terofal as Friedrich

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Green Devils of Monte Cassino at IMDb