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7.8/10   588 votes
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Director:
Douglas Sirk
Writers:
Orin Jannings (writer)
Erich Maria Remarque (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 September 1958 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
Born out of the blazing passions of war!
Plot:
In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Whispering Wind and the Profit Margin: A Petition
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A Simple Soldier more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
John Gavin ... Ernst Graeber
Liselotte Pulver ... Elizabeth Kruse Graeber (as Lilo Pulver)
Jock Mahoney ... Immerman
Don DeFore ... Hermann Boettcher
Keenan Wynn ... Reuter
Erich Maria Remarque ... Professor Pohlmann
Dieter Borsche ... Captain Rahe
Barbara Rütting ... Woman Guerrilla
Thayer David ... Oscar Binding
Charles Régnier ... Joseph
Dorothea Wieck ... Frau Lieser
Kurt Meisel ... Heini
Agnes Windeck ... Frau Witte
Clancy Cooper ... Sauer
John Van Dreelen ... Political Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Will o' the Wisp
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Runtime:
132 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1959) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Berlin, Germany more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jim Hutton's movie debut. more
Quotes:
Ernst Graeber: You're more lovely every time I see you. Only this time, you look like the next time. more
Soundtrack:
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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A Simple Soldier, 30 March 1999
9/10
Author: Shannon Box (sbox@gvtc.com) from Canyon Lake, Texas

This film, beautifully shot, is the tale of a simple soldier falling in love, during trying times. The soldier is German. The struggle is World War II. The setting is Berlin.

1958 was surely a hard year to make such a film. In fact, this film could not be made today. However, this love story was made, with the enemy at the focus. Of course, enemy never crossses the viewer's mind. We are with the protaganist throughout the movie.

In short, this is an important film of significant value. Not because it is about history, but because it is about the redeeming quality of humanity, even if displayed in the setting of our onetime enemy.

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