The bad soldier Smith

The bad soldier Smith

98 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 8, 1963

The film around the intelligence officer Captain Smith plays in the headquarters of a British tank regiment shortly after the beginning of the invasion of 1944, where Le Havre waws to be overrun by allied troops and forced to surrender. Smith refuses to continue the fight as he is convinced that the war has become meaningless, he came to that conclusion due to the denial of the request of a German general to evacuate the French civilian population.

The bad soldier Smith

98 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 8, 1963

The bad soldier Smith
The film around the intelligence officer Captain Smith plays in the headquarters of a British tank regiment shortly after the beginning of the invasion of 1944, where Le Havre waws to be overrun by allied troops and forced to surrender. Smith refuses to continue the fight as he is convinced that the war has become meaningless, he came to that conclusion due to the denial of the request of a German general to evacuate the French civilian population.
Producers Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Original title Der schlechte Soldat Smith
Directors Fritz Umgelter
Writers

Cast

Hanns Lothar

as Hauptmann Smith

Richard Münch

as Sanitäts-Offizier

Volker Lechtenbrink

as Leutnant Roberts

Peter Vogel

as Leutnant Simmonds

Harald Dietl

as Kantinen-Feldwebel

Eva Maria Meineke

as Offizier der weiblichen Hilfsgruppe

Günther Neutze

as Adjutant

Hellmut Lange

as Regimentspfarrer