The Edelweiss Pirates

Overview

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 29, 2004

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands

Production

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,FFA,X Filme Creative Pool,WDR,First Floor Features,Palladio Film,Palladio Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, First Floor Features, X Filme Creative Pool, WDR

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0240473