Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War

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Overview

A recording of the 1939 play "Mother Courage and Her Children" for German TV.

Cast: Lotte Lenya, Ida Krottendorf, Hans-Joachim Schmiedel, Heinz-Hermann Bernstein, Hanns Ernst Jäger, more

Director: Harry Buckwitz

Genres: Drama, TV Movie, War

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Mother Courage and Her Children - A chronicle from the Thirty Years' War

Overview

Cast

Lotte Lenya

Ida Krottendorf

Hans-Joachim Schmiedel

Heinz-Hermann Bernstein

Hanns Ernst Jäger

Sigfrit Steiner

Hannelore Schroth

Günter Strack

Walo Lüönd

Erwin Kleist

Robert Olbrück

Rolf Nichus

Jürgen Hilken

Heinz von Cleve

Hannes Riesenberger

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