---
title: '08/15 (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul May'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/0815-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046671/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 08/15 (1954)

1954 · 95 min · Drama, War · Germany

Part of: 08/15 trilogy

## Synopsis

08/15 is a 1954 West German film directed by Paul May. It is based on the novel 08/15 by Hans Hellmut Kirst, who also served as the film's screenwriter. The term 08/15 refers to the German Army's standard machine gun, the 08/15, by far the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I. Its tendency to jam led to its name becoming German Army slang for anything that went wrong. 08/15 is also the first part of the 08/15 film trilogy, hence it is also known as Teil 1: In der Kaserne.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul May](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-may)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst von Salomon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-von-salomon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rolf Alexander Wilhelm](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-alexander-wilhelm)
- **Producer:** [Ilse Kubaschewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-kubaschewski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Heinz Hölscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-holscher)
- **Editor:** [Walter Boos](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-boos)

## Cast

- [Gundula Korte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gundula-korte)
- [Hans Christian Blech](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-blech)
- [Peter Carsten](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-carsten)
- [Rudolf Rhomberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-rhomberg)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)
- [Paul Bösiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bosiger)
- [Joachim Fuchsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-fuchsberger)
- [Hans Elwenspoek](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-elwenspoek)
- [Rainer Penkert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-penkert)
- [Wolfgang Wahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-wahl)
- [Eva Ingeborg Scholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-ingeborg-scholz)
- [Emmerich Schrenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmerich-schrenk)
- [Helen Vita](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-vita)
- [Harry Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hardt)
- [Reinhard Glemnitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-glemnitz)

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