The Edelweiss Pirates

The Edelweiss Pirates 2004 Directed by Niko von Glasow Edelweißpiraten

Cologne towards the end of the Second World War. The city is in ruins, everyone is afraid, many are dead. It is a time of great inhumanity. Cologne’s young Edelweiss Pirates refuse to submit to the pressure of the Nazi regime. They fight with the Hitler Youth and scrawl anti-war propaganda on walls. Karl is an Edelweiss Pirate; his younger brother, Peter, is in the Hitler Youth movement. The two young men have been alone ever since their mother’s death in a bombing raid; their father is serving at the front, and their older brother, Otto, has been killed in action. Otto’s financée, Cilly, is doing her best to survive the war with her children. Carl is trying to help her.

Countries Germany , Switzerland

Production Countries Germany , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Switzerland

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gneres Drama , History , War

Production Companies WDR , X Filme Creative Pool , Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen , First Floor Features , Palladio Film

Release Date 29 August 2004

100 mins