"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
as Mutter Courage
Ekkehard Schall
as Eilif
Heinz Schubert
as Schweizerkas
Angelika Hurwicz
as Katrin
Willi Schwabe
as Werber
Erich Franz
as Feldwebel
Ernst Busch
as Koch
Fred Düren
as Feldhauptmann
Wolf Kaiser
as Feldprediger
Harry Gillmann
as Zeugmeister
Regine Lutz
as Yvette Pottier
Peter Kalisch
as Einäugiger
Wolf von Beneckendorff
as Obrist
Ralf Bregazzi
as Schreiber
Axel Triebel
as Offizier
Bella Waldritter
as Frau
Else Wolz
as Bäuerin
Friedrich Gnaß
as Bauer
Dieter Knaup
as Soldat
Hans W. Hamacher
Bertolt Brecht
Screenplay
Erich Engel
Director