Council of the Gods (1950)
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.
Director: Kurt Maetzig
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Fritz Tillmann as Dr. Hans Scholz |
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Paul Bildt as Chairman Mauch |
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Helmuth Hinzelmann as Gen. Schirrwind |
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Yvonne Merin as Claudia Mauch |
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Hans-Georg Rudolph as Director Tilgner |
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Inge Keller as Edith Scholz |
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Albert Garbe as Uncle Karl Scholz |
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Brigitte Krause as "Kaetchen" Scholz |
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Willy A. Kleinau as Dr. Lawson |
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Eva Pflug as Mabel Lawson |
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Theodor Vogeler as Dr. Huttenraub |
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Herwart Grosse as Von Decken |
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Käthe Scharf as Frau Scholz, Hans' wife |
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Karl-Heinz Deickert as Dieter Scholz |
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Helene Riechers as Frau Scholz, Hans' mother |
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Arthur Wiesner as Herr Scholz, Hans' father |
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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 |
