Heroism after Hours
Heroism after Hours is a 1955 West German anthology comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker, Erik Ode, Wolfgang Schleif and Fritz Stapenhorst and featuring an ensemble cast. It is in four parts, each portraying a different tale of German soldiers attempting to get home at the end of the Second World War. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around West Berlin, Bavaria and the Rhineland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Vorwerg and Hans Berthel. The production company made a documentary the same year that also celebrated the ordinary German soldier.
Cast
- Josef Sieber as Richard Siewert
- Horst Uhse as Willi
- Herbert Weissbach as Der Sachse
- Johannes Buzalski as Der Berliner
- Charles Regnier as Zauberer Maro
- Franz-Otto Krüger as Fink
- Willi Rose as Gluckert
- Serge Beloussow as
- Oliver Hassencamp as Anton Hirsemenzel
- Gerd Vespermann as Julius Dingelmann
- Claudia Gerstäcker as Juliette
- Harald Juhnke as Burmann
- Rolf Weih as Richard
- Wolfgang Wahl as Karl
- Jo Herbst as
- Klaus Herm as Paul Bauer
- Werner Finck as Herr an der Litfasssaeule
- Hans Friedrich as Der Feine
- Edward Tierney as Captain Fox