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