Edelweisspiraten

Nov 10 2005 Not Rated 1h 51m
Drama, History, War

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Plot

Cologne-Ehrenfeld, November 1944. They're young, wild and rebellious, like young people anywhere and in any time. But working-class boys Karl and his younger brother Peter are Edelweiss Pirates. They oppose the Nazis, and are pursued by the Gestapo. With the escaped concentration camp prisoner Hans Steinbrück they plan acts of sabotage, until the Gestapo take them on with their full might. When they're arrested, Karl is torn between his will to survive, his feelings of responsibility, his love for his brother and his loyalty to the Edelweiss Pirates.

Written by

Kirstin von Glasow, Niko von Glasow

Directed by

Niko von Glasow

Cast

Ivan Stebunov, Bela B., Jochen Nickel

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg

Production Companies

WDR, FFA, X Filme Creative Pool, First Floor Features, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Palladio Film

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
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# of Votes
603
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
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