
Fortress on the Rhine
Drama
Overview
During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive hunger and cold.
Top Cast


Zdzisław Mrożewski
Zdzisław Mrożewski
General Arthur Gordon
Zdzisław Mrożewski
General Arthur Gordon


Karel Höger
Karel Höger
Karel Höger


Bohumil Šmída
Bohumil Šmída
General Tim Attwood
Bohumil Šmída
General Tim Attwood


Norbert Christian
Norbert Christian
General Jean-Paul Grémillom
Norbert Christian
General Jean-Paul Grémillom


Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
General von Hoppe
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
General von Hoppe
Wanda Spinka
Wanda Spinka
Dutch Barmaid
Wanda Spinka
Dutch Barmaid


Józef Kostecki
Józef Kostecki
Dr. Lorenz
Józef Kostecki
Dr. Lorenz


Radovan Lukavský
Radovan Lukavský
Radovan Lukavský


Fred Düren
Fred Düren
Sergeant Vannier
Fred Düren
Sergeant Vannier
Egidio Bonanno
Egidio Bonanno
Italian Partisan
Egidio Bonanno
Italian Partisan
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