Rommel (film)

Rommel
Directed by Niki Stein
Produced by Nico Hofmann, Arianne Krampe, Jürgen Schuster for Teamworx
Starring Ulrich Tukur
Tim Bergmann
Music by Jacki Englke, Ulrich Spies
Release dates
  • 1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)
Running time
120 min
Country Germany
Language German

Rommel is a 2012 German television film first shown on Das Erste. It is a dramatisation of the last days of German general Erwin Rommel.

Plot

The tv-movie starts at the last day (14.10.1944) of Rommel's life with a talk between him and the generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel. In this talk the generals present burdening material. They say Rommel has the choice between suicide and a trial before the Volksgerichtshof. After this scene the last months of his life from march 1944 are presented 1944 in a chronological review. At this time Rommel is responsible for the Atlantikwall and should prevent an invasion of the allied forces.

Cast


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