Rommel (film)
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Written by | Niki Stein (as Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski) |
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Original languages | German, French, English |
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Cinematography | Arthur W. Ahrweiler |
Running time | 120 minutes |
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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.[1][2]
Plot[]
This made-for-TV-movie starts on the last day (October 14, 1944) of Rommel's life with a talk between him and generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel. In this talk the generals present incriminating 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 chronologically. At this time Rommel is responsible for the Atlantikwall built to prevent an invasion by the allied forces.
Cast[]
- Ulrich Tukur as Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
- Tim Bergmann as Oberstleutnant Caesar von Hofacker
- Rolf Kanies as Oberst Eberhard Finckh
- Patrick Mölleken as Manfred Rommel
- Hanns Zischler as Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
- Klaus J. Behrendt as Generaloberst Heinz Guderian
- Benjamin Sadler as Generalleutnant Dr. Hans Speidel
- Aglaia Szyszkowitz as Lucie-Maria Rommel
- Robert Schupp as Hauptmann Aldinger
- Peter Wolf as Obergruppenführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner
- Hubertus Hartmann as General der Infanterie Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
- Vicky Krieps as Comtesse La Rochefoucauld
- Michael Kranz as Feldwebel Karl Daniel (Rommel's driver)
- Johannes Silberschneider as Adolf Hitler
- Oliver Nägele as General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt
- Hary Prinz as General der Panzertruppe Von Schweppenburg
- Hans Kremer as General der Artillerie Erich Marcks
- Peter Kremer as General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Thomas Thieme as Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge
- Maximilian von Pufendorf as Generalmajor Von Tempelhoff
- Joe Bausch as Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (uncredited)
- Detlef Bothe as Gruppenführer Carl Oberg (uncredited)
References[]
- ^ "German film looks at ties between Rommel and Hitler". BBC News. November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Row over film that portrays Rommel as more rat than fox". The Independent. October 27, 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012 television films
- 2012 films
- 2010s war films
- 2010s biographical films
- German television films
- German-language television shows
- German films
- German war films
- French war films
- French films
- Austrian war films
- German biographical films
- Biographical films about military leaders
- Western Front of World War II films
- Operation Overlord films
- Films about the 20 July plot
- Cultural depictions of Erwin Rommel
- German World War II films
- French World War II films
- Austrian World War II films
- German television film stubs