I giovani leoni
Trama
Christian, un giovane soldato tedesco, è inizialmente un convinto assertore delle teorie naziste in cui ricerca un mezzo di elevazione sociale, ma la rivelazione della crudele realtà (i campi di concentramento, l'assassinio di prigionieri feriti) provoca in lui una grave crisi esistenziale; finirà ucciso da due soldati americani, un timido e coraggioso ebreo e un'allegro uomo di teatro. Il film doveva essere la trasposizione cinematografica dell'omonimo romanzo di Irwin Shaw, ma Brando diede del personaggio di Christian un'interpretazione più approfondita e problematica; nel libro, infatti, il protagonista è fedele fino all'ultimo all'ideologia hitleriana.
Il monumentale bestseller di Irwin Shaw
(1958) Azione , Dramma , Guerra
Data rilascio : 02/04/1958
regia di Edward Dmytryk
Cast
Marlon Brando - Lt. Christian Diestl
Montgomery Clift - Noah Ackerman
Dean Martin - Michael Whiteacre
Hope Lange - Hope Plowman
Barbara Rush - Margaret Freemantle
May Britt - Gretchen Hardenberg
Maximilian Schell - Capt. Hardenberg
Dora Doll - Simone
Lee Van Cleef - 1st Sgt. Rickett
Liliane Montevecchi - Françoise
Parley Baer - Sgt. Brandt
Arthur Franz - Lt. Green
Hal Baylor - Pvt. Burnecker
Richard Gardner - Pvt. Crowley
Herbert Rudley - Capt. Colclough
Michael Smith - Draft Board Member (uncredited)
Paul Comi - Pvt. Abbott (uncredited)
John Alderson - Cpl. Kraus (uncredited)
John Banner - German Town Mayor (uncredited)
Milton Frome - Draft Board Physician (uncredited)
Sam Gilman - Pvt. Faber (uncredited)
L.Q. Jones - Pvt. Donnelly (uncredited)
Alberto Morin - Bartender (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller - German Civilian with Town Mayor (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens - Brig. Gen. Sam Rockland (uncredited)
Stephen Bekassy - German Major (uncredited)
Dagmar Biener - Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Bradley - Draft Board Member (uncredited)
Joe Brooks - Minor Role (uncredited)
Julian Burton - Pvt. Brailsford (uncredited)
Robert Burton - Col. Mead (uncredited)
Wade Cagle - Lt. Emerson (uncredited)
Ann Codee - French Woman (uncredited)
Bud Cokes - Party Guest (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan - Maier (uncredited)
David Dabov - Soldier (uncredited)
Ann Daniels - Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Joan Douglas - Maid (uncredited)
Larry Duran - German soldier (uncredited)
Robert Ellenstein - Rabbi Joseph Silverstein (uncredited)
Harry Ellerbe - Draft Board Chairman (uncredited)
Milton Frome - Burn (uncredited)
Norman Grabowski - Barracks Inspection Private (uncredited)
Joe Gray - Soldier (uncredited)
Stan Kamber - Acaro (uncredited)
Craig Karr - Draft Board Secretary (uncredited)
Kurt Katch - Camp Commandant (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp - Officer at Bar (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns - Minor Role (uncredited)
Nicholas King - Medic (uncredited)
Gil Lasky - Soldier (uncredited)
Gustave Lax - Draft Board Member (uncredited)
George Meader - Milkman (uncredited)
Gordon Mitchell - Minor Role (uncredited)
Clive Morgan - British Colonel (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady - Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ann Paige - Minor Role (uncredited)
Christian Pasques - French Boy (uncredited)
Michael Pataki - Pvt. Hagstrom (uncredited)
Voltaire Perkins - Bus Terminal Café Counterman (uncredited)
Mary Pierce - Young French Girl (uncredited)
Art Reichle - Soldier (uncredited)
Otto Reichow - Bavarian (uncredited)
Edward Rickard - Mailman (uncredited)
Gene Roth - Bavarian Café Manager (uncredited)
Gerald Rowe - Messenger (uncredited)
Henry Rowland - Sergeant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre - Drunk (uncredited)
Kendall Scott - Emerson (uncredited)
Ann Stebbins - Brunette (uncredited)
Vaughn Taylor - John Plowman (uncredited)
Alfred Tonkel - German Waiter (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault - German Colonel (uncredited)
Blaine Turner - Bartender (uncredited)
Lee J. Winters - Private First Class (uncredited)
Doris Wiss - Nurse (uncredited)