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{{short description|1955 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Children, Mother, and the General
| image          = Children, Mother, and the General.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[László Benedek]]
| producer       = [[Erich Pommer]]
| writer         = {{ubl|[[Herbert Reinecker]] (novel)|Laszlo Benedek}}
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Hilde Krahl]]|[[Therese Giehse]]|[[Ewald Balser]]}}
| music          = [[Werner Eisbrenner]]
| cinematography = [[Günther Rittau]]
| editing        = Anneliese Artelt
| studio         = Intercontinental Film
| distributor    = Schorcht Filmverleih
| released       = {{Film date|1955|03|03|df=y}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes
| country        = West Germany
| language       = German
}}
'''''Children, Mother, and the General'''''<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135122/Kinder-Mutter-und-Ein-General/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520210410/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/135122/Kinder-Mutter-und-Ein-General/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Children, Mother, and the General |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |access-date=18 October 2008}}</ref> ({{langx|de|'''Kinder, Mütter und ein General'''}}, and also released as ''Sons, Mothers, and a General'')<ref name="goldenglobes">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24985 |title=Award Search |access-date=19 October 2010 |work=goldenglobes |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414202527/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/24985 |archive-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a 1955 West German [[war film]] directed by [[László Benedek]] and starring [[Hilde Krahl]], [[Therese Giehse]] and [[Ewald Balser]].<ref name="NY Times" /> The film was not a popular success, possibly because its anti-war perspective clashed with support for German [[Wiederbewaffnung|rearmament]] and membership in [[NATO]].<ref>Hake .105</ref>
The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Erich Kettelhut]] and [[Johannes Ott]]. It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]] and the [[Wandsbek Studios]] in [[Hamburg]]. [[Location filming]] took place on [[Lüneburg Heath]].
==Cast==
* [[Hilde Krahl]] as Helene Asmussen
* [[Ewald Balser]] as General
* [[Therese Giehse]] as Elfriede Bergmann
* [[Ursula Herking]] as Dr. Behrens, Ärztin
* [[Alice Treff]] as Pastorin
* [[Beate Koepnick]] as Inge
* [[Marianne Sinclair]] as Näherin
* [[Adi Lödel]] as Harald Asmussen
* [[Dieter Straub]] as Leo Bergmann
* [[Holger Hildmann]] as Sohn der Ärztin
* [[Karl-Michael Kuntz]] as Edmund, Sohn der Pastorin
* [[Walter Lehfeld]] as Werner, Sohn der Näherin
* [[Peter Burger]] as Robert, Inges Bruder
* [[Bernhard Wicki]] as Hauptmann Dornberg
* [[Claus Biederstaedt]] as Verpflegungsgefreiter
* [[Rudolf Fernau]] as Stabsarzt
* [[Hans Christian Blech]] as Feldwebel mit den Orden
* [[Klaus Kinski]] as Leutnant
* [[Maximilian Schell]] as Deserteur
* [[Alfred Schieske]] as Fahrer mit der Flasche
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2013.
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0048255|title=Children, Mother, and the General}}
{{László Benedek}}
{{Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}
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[[Category:1955 films]]
[[Category:1955 war films]]
[[Category:1950s German-language films]]
[[Category:German war films]]
[[Category:West German films]]
[[Category:Films directed by László Benedek]]
[[Category:Eastern Front of World War II films]]
[[Category:Films based on German novels]]
[[Category:German black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Erich Pommer]]
[[Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios]]
[[Category:Films shot at Wandsbek Studios]]
[[Category:German World War II films]]
[[Category:1950s German films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner]]
[[Category:German-language war films]]
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