Young Fritz

Overview

War-time satire about the inhumanity of the nazis. Based on Samuil Marshak's play which was extremely popular among soldiers at the front.

Cast

Mikhail Zharov

Fritz

Maksim Shtraukh

Professor

Lidiya Atmanaki

Fritz's mother

Mikhail Astangov

Hitler

Yanina Zheymo

Gertruda

Mikhail Vysotsky

Fritz's father

Vsevolod Pudovkin

German officer

Konstantin Sorokin

Franz, Fritz's comrade

Lyudmila Shabalina

Soviet zoo guide

Tatyana Govorkova

Fritz's aunt (uncredited)