Film

War and Peace

4.519821h 58mDocumentary

Director: Stefan Aust
Year: 1982

The third episodic film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German filmmakers reflect on the state of their country. A collage of documentary and dramatised sequences dealing with such topics as overkill, peace demonstrations, NATO arms policy, and life after the next war.

Top cast

Hans-Michael Rehberg

General

Jürgen Prochnow

Kevin

Günther Kaufmann

Mac

Manfred Zapatka

Nikolai

Karl-Heinz Merz

Ivan

Heinz Bennent

Joe

Edgar Selge

Oscar

Angela Winkler

Margot

Michael Gahr

Albert

Bruno Ganz

Directed by

Stefan Aust, Volker Schlöndorff, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge

Written by

Stefan Aust, Heinrich Böll, Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge

Produced by

Eberhard Junkersdorf, Theo Hinz