Council of the Gods (1950)

  • NR
  • 10/21/1950 (AT)
  • Drama
  • 1h 50m

Overview

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.

Kurt Maetzig

Director

Friedrich Wolf

Writer

Philipp Gecht

Writer

Cast

Fritz Tillmann's headshot

Fritz Tillmann

Dr. Hans Scholz
Paul Bildt's headshot

Paul Bildt

Chairman Mauch
Helmuth Hinzelmann's headshot

Helmuth Hinzelmann

Gen. Schirrwind
Yvonne Merin's headshot

Yvonne Merin

Claudia Mauch
Hans-Georg Rudolph's headshot

Hans-Georg Rudolph

Director Tilgner
Inge Keller's headshot

Inge Keller

Edith Scholz
Albert Garbe's headshot

Albert Garbe

Uncle Karl Scholz
Brigitte Krause's headshot

Brigitte Krause

"Kaetchen" Scholz

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