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Cast
Willy Fritsch
as training manager Roth
Herbert Hübner
as Direktor Brakke
Dietmar Schönherr
as Theo Brakke
Gerta Böttcher
as Annemie Brakke
Albert Florath
as Vater Stahl
Karl Dannemann
as Herr Bachus
Aribert Wäscher
as Kaffeehausbesitzer Zacharias
Paul Henckels
as Dr. Voß
Josef Sieber
as Pilot Martin
Fritz Hoopts
as Fischer
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1944
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, War
Votes5
DirectorAlfred Weidenmann
WritersHerbert Reinecker, Alfred Weidenmann
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.6 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsJunge Adler
About Junge Adler
Director Brakke has good reason to be happy: he has just received the news that his son, Theo, won first place in the local boat race. To be sure, he had forbidden his son to take part in the competition, because the son's grades in school are substandard. In the end, Brakke sees no other way than to pull Theo from school and install him as an apprentice in his airplane manufacturing plant. Although Theo is received by the other 150 apprentices in a friendly fashion, he behaves in an arrogant and disrespectful tone towards them. He feels himself to be better than them, because his father is the director of the factory.
Directed by Alfred Weidenmann, Junge Adler leans on a strong ensemble — Willy Fritsch, Herbert Hübner, Dietmar Schönherr — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1944.
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