Rommel (film)

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.

Rommel
Written byNiki Stein (as Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski)
Directed byNiki Stein (as Nikolaus Stein von Kamienski)
Starring
Music by
  • Jacki Englke
  • Ulrich Spies
Country of origin
  • Germany
  • France
  • Austria
Original languagesGerman, French, English
Production
Producers
  • Nico Hofmann
  • Arianne Krampe
  • Jürgen Schuster (for Teamworx)
  • Sascha Schwingel
CinematographyArthur W. Ahrweiler
Running time120 min
Release
Original release
  • 1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)

Plot

This made-for-TV-movie starts on the last day (October 14, 1944) of Rommel's life with a talk between him and generals Wilhelm Burgdorf and Ernst Maisel. In this talk the generals present incriminating 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 chronologically. At this time Rommel is responsible for the Atlantikwall built to prevent an invasion by the allied forces.

Cast
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