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Mother Courage and Her Children

7.319612h 31mMovieDrama

During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business…

DirectorsPeter Palitzsch·Manfred Wekwerth
WritersBertolt Brecht·Peter Palitzsch

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Cast · Directed by Peter Palitzsch

HW
Helene Weigel
Mutter Courage
HSHeinz Schubert
Heinz Schubert
Schweizerkas
EB
Ernst Busch
Koch
WB
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Obrist
GBGerhard Bienert
Gerhard Bienert
Feldwebel
EB
Eva Brumby
Bäuerin
FH
Fritz Hollenbeck
Junger Bauer
ES
Ekkehard Schall
AH
Angelika Hurwicz
WSWilli Schwabe
Willi Schwabe
NCNorbert Christian
Norbert Christian
WK
Wolf Kaiser

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