Arms and the Man

Name: Arms and the Man
Director: Franz Peter Wirth
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1958-11-20
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.625
Cast: O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers, Jan Hendriks, Ljuba Welitsch

1958

1h 40m

Comedy Romance

Director: Franz Peter Wirth

Writers: George Bernard Shaw, Eberhard Keindorff

Overview

1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.