Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

1h 37m
WarComedy
6.9

A lonely German clerk captures two American flyers and keeps them as prisoners in his basement long after WWII has ended.

Cast

Alec Guinness
Wilhelm Frick
Mike Connors
Sgt. Lucky Finder
Robert Redford
Captain Hank Wilson
Paul Dahlke
Herr Neusel
Mady Rahl
Lissie
Frank Wolff
Quartermaster Sergeant
Anita Höfer
Edeltraud
Elisabeth von Molo
Wanda
John Briley
Sergeant (uncredited)
Carola Regnier
Senta (uncredited)

Crew

Gottfried Reinhardt
Director, Producer
Jan Lustig
Adaptation
Silvia Reinhardt
Screenplay
Robert Shaw
Novel
Walter Boos
Editor, Second Unit Director
Kurt Hasse
Director of Photography
Henry Sokal Jr.
Assistant Director
Jose Villaverde
Casting
Ilse Dubois
Costume Design
Arthur Schramm
Makeup Artist
Harold Byrns
Original Music Composer
Michael Bittins
Production Manager
Rolf Zehetbauer
Art Direction
Herbert Strabel
Art Direction
Werner Achmann
Art Direction

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