Set during the Thirty Years' War between 1624 and 1636, film tells the story of the sutler Anna Fierling, known as Mother Courage, who tries to make her fortune from the war and loses her three children in the process.
Helene Weigel
Mutter Courage
Ekkehard Schall
Eilif
Heinz Schubert
Schweizerkas
Angelika Hurwicz
Katrin
Willi Schwabe
Werber
Erich Franz
Feldwebel
Ernst Busch
Koch
Fred Düren
Feldhauptmann
Wolf Kaiser
Feldprediger
Harry Gillmann
Zeugmeister
Regine Lutz
Yvette Pottier
Peter Kalisch
Einäugiger
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Obrist
Ralf Bregazzi
Schreiber
Axel Triebel
Offizier
Bella Waldritter
Frau
Else Wolz
Bäuerin
Friedrich Gnaß
Bauer
Dieter Knaup
Soldat
Hans W. Hamacher
Bertolt Brecht
Screenplay
Erich Engel
Director
