The devil general
of the devil general is a drama of Carl Zuckmayer, which he wrote to 1945 and which was uraufgeführt 1946 at the Schauspielhaus Zurich.
action
the piece acts of the Air Force general Harras, which put its abilities because of its flight passion to the national socialist at the disposal, although he is in the reason of other political opinion. As it in its surrounding field a sabotage - action of the resistance uncovers, becomes it the extent of its debt consciously. To desertion unable, takes it itself lives, by flying with the successor machine, with which already its friend Eilers fell and died, to death.
The hero reminds of the flier Ernst Udet gotten used to with Zuckmayer. This had committed 1941 free death.
Rezeption
after large theatre successes of this piece into the 1950er years remained it for a long time ungespielt. Again it got the director franc out Castorf at its citizens of Berlin people stage at the Luxembourg placeplace Luxembourg place.
1955 developed under the direction of Helmut Käutner a filming, which was taken up also abroad positively. Curd Jürgens and Marianne cook , which won the German film price , played the main role. In addition Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Camilla Spira, Wolfgang Neuss, Beppo Brem, Bum Krüger and Joseph open brook participated .
