1958
6.3 (11 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Production Companies
Bavaria-Filmkunst
Arms and the Man (Helden)
Overview
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
Key Crew
Director: Franz Peter Wirth
Writer: George Bernard Shaw, Eberhard Keindorff, Johanna Sibelius
Producer: Peter Goldbaum, Harry R. Sokal
Director of Photography: Klaus von Rautenfeld
Top Cast
O.W. Fischer
Hauptmann Bluntschli
Liselotte Pulver
Raina Petkoff
Ellen Schwiers
Louka
Jan Hendriks
Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
Ljuba Welitsch
Katharina
Kurt Kasznar
Major Petkoff
Manfred Inger
Nicola
Horst Tappert
Bulgarischer Offizier
