Arms and the Man (1958 film)

This article is about the 1958 West German film. For other uses, see Arms and the Man (disambiguation).

Arms and the Man
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Directed by	Franz Peter Wirth
Produced by	Peter Goldbaum Harry R. Sokal
Written by	George Bernard Shaw (play) Eberhard Keindorff Johanna Sibelius
Starring	O. W. Fischer Liselotte Pulver Ellen Schwiers Jan Hendriks
Music by	Franz Grothe
Cinematography	Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Claus von Boro
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release dates	20 November 1958 (1958-11-20)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Arms and the Man or Heroes (German: Helden) is a 1958 West German historical comedy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and based on the 1894 play of the same name by George Bernard Shaw. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Plot

1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.

Cast

• O. W. Fischer as Hauptmann Bluntschli
• Liselotte Pulver as Raina Petkoff
• Ellen Schwiers as Louka
• Jan Hendriks as Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
• Ljuba Welitsch as Katharina
• Kurt Kasznar as Petkoff
• Manfred Inger as Nicola
• Horst Tappert
• Hans Clarin

See also

• List of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Helden at IMDb