Young Fritz

November 23, 1943•0h 25m•★ 6.5

Comedy

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

Director

Writers

Cast

Mikhail Zharov

Fritz

Maksim Shtraukh

Professor

Lidiya Atmanaki

Fritz's mother

Mikhail Astangov

Hitler

Yanina Zheymo

Gertruda

Mykhailo Vysotskyi

Fritz's father

Vsevolod Pudovkin

German officer

Konstantin Sorokin

Franz, Fritz's comrade

Lyudmila Shabalina

Soviet zoo guide

Tatyana Govorkova

Fritz's aunt (uncredited)

Lidiya Korolyova

Fritz's bride (uncredited)

Valentina Telegina

(uncredited)

Nikolai Michurin

Birthday party guest (uncredited)