Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
Synopsis
During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business thrives. She loses her three children as a result of the war: bold and spirited Eilif, sincere and upright Swiss Cheese and mute Katrin, who saves the children of Halle by beating a drum on a farmstead roof In wartime, the Fierling children's virtues prove to be deadly. Yet, Mother Courage, remains incorrigible. She will not have anyone "spoil the war" for her and so sets out once more after the soldiers with her wagon.
Release Date: 1961-02-10
Runtime: 151 minutes
Director: Peter Palitzsch
Top Cast
- Helene Weigel as Mutter Courage
- Heinz Schubert as Schweizerkas
- Ernst Busch as Koch
- Wolf von Beneckendorff as Obrist
- Gerhard Bienert as Feldwebel
- Eva Brumby as Bäuerin
- Fritz Hollenbeck as Junger Bauer
- Ekkehard Schall as
- Angelika Hurwicz as
- Willi Schwabe as
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