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Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

1965★ 6.9 · 81h 37mWarComedy

Overview

A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended.

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Cast

Robert Redford
as Captain Hank Wilson

Alec Guinness
as Wilhelm Frick

Mike Connors
as Sgt. Lucky Finder

Frank Wolff
as Quartermaster Sergeant

Paul Dahlke
as Herr Neusel

John Briley
as Sergeant (uncredited)

Carola Regnier
as Senta (uncredited)

Anita Höfer
as Edeltraud

Mady Rahl
as Lissie

Elisabeth von Molo
as Wanda

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Release date: 1965-10-13

Runtime: 1h 37m

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WarComedy

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