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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 thrives. She loses her three children as a result of the war: bold and spirited Eilif, sincere and upright Swiss Cheese and mute Katrin, who saves the children of Halle by beating a drum on a farmstead roof In wartime, the Fierling children's virtues prove to be deadly. Yet, Mother Courage, remains incorrigible. She will not have anyone "spoil the war" for her and so sets out once more after the soldiers with her wagon.
Directors
Writer
Studio
Berliner Ensemble, DEFA
Original Title
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →H
Helene Weigel
Mutter Courage
H
Heinz Schubert
Schweizerkas
E
Ernst Busch
Koch
W
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Obrist
G
Gerhard Bienert
Feldwebel
E
Eva Brumby
Bäuerin
F
Fritz Hollenbeck
Junger Bauer
E
Ekkehard Schall
A
Angelika Hurwicz
W
Willi Schwabe
N
Norbert Christian
W
Wolf Kaiser
H
Harry Gillmann
R
Regine Lutz
P
Peter Kalisch
E
Erik S. Klein
R
Ralf Bregazzi
G
Gerd E. Schäfer
A
Axel Triebel
H
Horst Kube
