Council of the Gods

Council of the Gods (1950)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1950-05-12
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany
  • Director: Kurt Maetzig
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Summary

Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.

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  • Fritz Tillmann

    as Dr. Hans Scholz
  • Paul Bildt

    as Chairman Mauch
  • Helmuth Hinzelmann

    as Gen. Schirrwind
  • Yvonne Merin

    as Claudia Mauch
  • Hans-Georg Rudolph

    as Director Tilgner
  • Inge Keller

    as Edith Scholz
  • Albert Garbe

    as Uncle Karl Scholz
  • Brigitte Krause

    as "Kaetchen" Scholz
  • Willy A. Kleinau

    as Dr. Lawson
  • Eva Pflug

    as Mabel Lawson
  • Theodor Vogeler

    as Dr. Huttenraub
  • Herwart Grosse

    as Von Decken
  • Käthe Scharf

    as Frau Scholz, Hans' wife
  • Karl-Heinz Deickert

    as Dieter Scholz
  • Helene Riechers

    as Frau Scholz, Hans' mother
  • Arthur Wiesner

    as Herr Scholz, Hans' father
  • Agnes Windeck

    as Frau Mauch
Directing Kurt Maetzig Director
Writing Friedrich Wolf Writer
Sound Hanns Eisler Music
Writing Philipp Gecht Writer
Camera Friedl Behn-Grund Director of Photography
Sound Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music
Editing Ilse Voigt Editor

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