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Rommel (film)

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Directed by
  
Niki Stein

Running time
  
120 min

Produced by
  
Nico Hofmann, Arianne Krampe, Jürgen Schuster for Teamworx

Starring
  
Ulrich Tukur Tim Bergmann

Music by
  
Jacki Englke, Ulrich Spies

Release date
  
1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)

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.

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Plot

The tv-movie starts at the last day (14.10.1944) of Rommel's life with a talk between him and the generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel. In this talk the generals present burdening 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 1944 in a chronological review. At this time Rommel is responsible for the Atlantikwall and should prevent an invasion of the allied forces.

Cast

  • Ulrich Tukur - Erwin Rommel
  • Tim Bergmann - Caesar von Hofacker
  • Rolf Kanies - Eberhard Finckh
  • Patrick Mölleken - Manfred Rommel
  • Hanns Zischler - Gerd von Rundstedt
  • Klaus J. Behrendt - Heinz Guderian
  • Benjamin Sadler - Dr. Hans Speidel
  • Aglaia Szyszkowitz - Lucie-Maria Rommel
  • Robert Schupp - Aldinger
  • Peter Wolf - Ernst Kaltenbrunner
  • Hubertus Hartmann - Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
  • References

    Rommel (film) Wikipedia