Overview
The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his views. Trying to remain "a non-political man," he withdraws from reality and becomes a Nazis laborer.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Leopard (1954)
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bruno Mondi
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Fritz StaudteWriter
- Erwin KleinWriter
- Wolfgang StaudteWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 9, 1950
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cast
Paul EsserHans Behnke
Reinhard KolldehoffRudi Wille
Werner PetersUdo Schulze
Brigitte KrauseInge
Irene KorbCharlotte Blank Behnke
Reinhold BerntKurt Blank- Karl-Heinz DeickertHellmuth Behnke
- Siegfried AndrichSS-Mann
- Valeska StockHebamme
- Theodor VogelerSD-Mann
- Albert JohannesPersonalchef "VB"
- Walter Tarrach
- Hans-Erich Korbschmitt
- Maria Loja
- Wolfgang Kühne
Alfred Maack- Eduard Matzig
Peter Marx- Albert Venohr
- Walther Diehl
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