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.

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Main Cast: Helene Weigel, Ekkehard Schall, Heinz Schubert, Angelika Hurwicz, Willi Schwabe, Erich Franz, Ernst Busch, Fred Düren, Wolf Kaiser, Harry Gillmann

Director: Erich Engel

Writer: Bertolt Brecht

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