Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1955)

Directed by

Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

German soldiers get a short leave during World War Two. They return home to see their families before heading back to the front.

melancholicsombernostalgicreflectivesuspensefulwar-torndramaticbitter-sweet

What happens

Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (translated as Leave on Word of Honour) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Claus Biederstaedt, Eva Ingeborg Scholz and Reinhard Kolldehoff. It is a remake of the 1939 film Urlaub auf Ehrenwort about German soldiers granted leave during the Second World War. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann and Wilhelm Vorwerg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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