Directed by:
Wolfgang StaudteScreenplay:
Werner Jörg LüddeckeComposer:
Herbert WindtCast:
Leonhard Ritter, Horst Naumann, Raimund Schelcher, Fritz Decho, Lou Seitz, Alfred Maack, Maly Delschaft, Egon Vogel, Frank Michelis, Joe Schorn (more)Plots(1)
A dark Heimatfilm with a rough lakeside as a backdrop, in an attempt to portray collaboration and collective guilt. It was made (just like Spielbank-Affäre, 1957) as a "secret" coproduction between the two German states, with Sweden acting as an officially neutral membrane. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
Horst Naumann
German Empire
Best movies:
Todesschüsse am Broadway (1969)
U-47 Lt. Commander Prien (1958)
Bloody Friday (1972)
Raimund Schelcher
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Jahrgang 21 (1957)
Man of Straw (1951)
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser (1957)
Fritz Decho
German Empire
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Vanina Vanini (1961)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Lou Seitz
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
Girls in Uniform (1958)
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
Alfred Maack
German Empire
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Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
Ehe im Schatten (1947)
Maly Delschaft
German Empire
Best movies:
The Last Laugh (1924)
Jealousy (1925)
Egon Vogel
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Punch Bowl (1944)
Die Halbstarken (1956)
Frank Michelis
German Empire
Best movies:
Der geteilte Himmel (1964)
The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)
Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965)
Joe Schorn
German Empire
Best movies:
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Elfriede Florin
German Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Bold Adventure (1956)
Gerhard Lau
German Empire
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Friedrich Gnaß
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Comradeship (1931)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Hela Gruel
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache (1967)
Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
The Green Archer (1961)
Lutz Götz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Punch Bowl (1944)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Stukas (1941)
Johannes Maus
German Empire
Best movies:
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Harry Merkel
German Empire
Best movies:
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Wer reißt denn gleich vorm Teufel aus? (1977)
Waltraud Kramm
German Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Stars (1959)
Der geteilte Himmel (1964)
Georg Helge
German Empire
Best movies:
Man of Straw (1951)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)