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Original Title: Der Teufel spielte Balalaika
Status
Released
Release
1961
Runtime
1h 36m
A drama that chronicles the heroic endeavors of POWs trapped within a Russian prison camp in 1950 and their attempts to escape.
14 Cast Members
Götz George
Peter Joost
Rudolf Forster
Admiral
Günther Jerschke
Gellert
Sieghardt Rupp
Lauterbach
Franz Muxeneder
Hintermoser
Henry van Lyck
Kolitz
Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum
Obermüller
Wilmut Borell
Mitterle
Charles Millot
Seidenwar
Anna Smolik
Elena
Pierre Parel
Fusow
Peter Neusser
Beckmann
Peter Lehmbrock
Ebermeier
Joachim Rake
Brennecke