Comradeship

(1931)Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst93 minDrama

At a mine on the shared edge of France and Germany, an underground explosion leads to the entrapment of a group of French miners. In an effort to save the trapped Frenchmen, German miners Wittkopp and Kasper take it upon themselves to traverse a crumbling war tunnel leading down into the mines. Yet, though the workers harbor no political biases against one another, their callous, less tolerant bosses hope to halt this cross-cultural rescue mission.

Fritz Kampersas Wilderer
Ernst Buschas Wittkopp
Elisabeth Wendtas Frau Anna Wittkopp
OHOskar Höckeras Mine Foreman
Daniel Mendailleas Jean Leclerc
Georges Charliaas Emile
Andrée Ducretas Françoise
ABAlex Bernardas Grandfather Jacques, the Old Miner
Pierre-Louisas Georges, Jacques's Grandson
Héléna Mansonas Rose, Albert's Wife
Marcel Lesieuras Albert
Willem Holsboeras German Mine Engineer
Georges Tourreilas Engineer Vidal
Rortais
Marcel Merminod
Franz Schier
Fritz Wendhausenas German Mine Director
Adolf Fischer
Gerhard Bienertas German Gendarme
Georg Guertler