Council of the Gods
Der Rat der Götter
Release: 1950-05-12
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 6.4
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA
Cast
Yvonne Merin
as Claudia Mauch
Paul Bildt
as Chairman Mauch
Brigitte Krause
as "Kaetchen" Scholz
Willy A. Kleinau
as Dr. Lawson
Eva Pflug
as Mabel Lawson
Herwart Grosse
as Von Decken
Inge Keller
as Edith Scholz
Fritz Tillmann
as Dr. Hans Scholz
Albert Garbe
as Uncle Karl Scholz
Agnes Windeck
as Frau Mauch
