Released:
1949-01-14

Overview:
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she puts on men's clothes, becomes a troop boy and later even a cornet - only the sutler knows her secret. Little by little, Christine realizes that the man she loves has been brutalized by the war and is no longer capable of true feelings. When she gives herself to him instead of a peasant maid, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in a duel. She is sentenced to death as a cornet, but acquitted as a woman.

Director:
Arthur Maria Rabenalt

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Wolfgang Lukschy
  as
  Merian
• 
  Petra Peters
  as
  Christine
• 
  Tilly Lauenstein
  as
  Courasche
• 
  Ilse Hülper
  as
  Lady Winterton
• 
  Yvonne Sturm
  as
  Barbara