Council of the Gods

1950

1h 50m

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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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Writers

Friedrich Wolf(writer by)
Philipp Gecht(writer by)
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Fritz Tillmann
Dr. Hans Scholz
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Paul Bildt
Chairman Mauch
Helmuth Hinzelmann
Gen. Schirrwind
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Yvonne Merin
Claudia Mauch
Hans-Georg Rudolph
Director Tilgner
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Inge Keller
Edith Scholz
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Albert Garbe
Uncle Karl Scholz
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Brigitte Krause
"Kaetchen" Scholz
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Eva Pflug
Mabel Lawson
Theodor Vogeler
Dr. Huttenraub
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Herwart Grosse
Von Decken
Käthe Scharf
Frau Scholz, Hans' wife
Karl-Heinz Deickert
Dieter Scholz
Helene Riechers
Frau Scholz, Hans' mother
Arthur Wiesner
Herr Scholz, Hans' father
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Agnes Windeck
Frau Mauch

Directors

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Friedrich Wolf(writer by)
Philipp Gecht(writer by)

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Release date

May 12, 1950 (United States)

Country of origin

East Germany

Language

German

Production company

DEFA

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