---
title: 'Arms and the Man (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Peter Wirth'
released: '1958-11-20'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/arms-and-the-man-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051712/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Arms and the Man (1958)

1958 · 100 min · Romance · Germany

Original title: Helden

## Synopsis

Arms and the Man or Heroes is a 1958 West German historical comedy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and based on the 1894 play of the same name by George Bernard Shaw.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Peter Wirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-peter-wirth)
- **Screenplay:** [Eberhard Keindorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-keindorff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Grothe](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-grothe)
- **Producer:** [Harry R. Sokal](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-r-sokal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Klaus von Rautenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-von-rautenfeld)
- **Editor:** [Claus von Boro](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-von-boro)

## Cast

- [Jan Hendriks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-hendriks) as Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
- [Horst Tappert](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-tappert)
- [Hans Clarin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-clarin)
- [Kurt Kasznar](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-kasznar) as Petkoff
- [Manfred Inger](https://cinepixo.com/people/manfred-inger) as Nicola
- [Liselotte Pulver](https://cinepixo.com/people/liselotte-pulver) as Raina Petkoff
- [Ljuba Welitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ljuba-welitsch) as Katharina
- [O. W. Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-w-fischer) as Hauptmann Bluntschli
- [Ellen Schwiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-schwiers) as Louka

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/arms-and-the-man-1958
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