Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

97 mins | Comedy, War | Oct. 13, 1965

A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended. Director Gottfried Reinhardt's 1965 comedy stars Alec Guinness, Robert Redford and Michael Connors.

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

97 mins | Comedy, War | Oct. 13, 1965

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended. Director Gottfried Reinhardt's 1965 comedy stars Alec Guinness, Robert Redford and Michael Connors.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount
Original title Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
Directors Henry Sokal Jr., Gottfried Reinhardt, Walter Boos
Writers Silvia Reinhardt, Jan Lustig, Robert Shaw

Cast

Alec Guinness

as Wilhelm Frick

Mike Connors

as Sgt. Lucky Finder

Robert Redford

as Captain Hank Wilson

Paul Dahlke

as Herr Neusel

Mady Rahl

as Lissie

Frank Wolff

as Quartermaster Sergeant

Anita Höfer

as Edeltraud