Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag (1957)

Crime Drama War

East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi mindset by concentrating on a particularly odious cover-up. When his son is involved in the accidental killing of a girl, a Gestapo general pulls strings to save the boy from prosecution. The general manages to pin the blame for the killing on a group of Russians, whereupon he gives the men under his command carte blanche to round up and execute as many innocent Russians as they wish. This act of brutality is contrasted with the pangs of guilt suffered by the son and his co-conspirators.

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Runtime: 74 mins Rating: 0.0

Cast

Hannes Fischer

Erich Brauer

Hauptfeldwebel

Helga Raumer

Wolfgang Kieling

Gefreiter Lick

Horst Kube

Renate Küster

Paul Pfingst

Hermann Meyer-Falkow

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Crew

Wally Gurschke

Editor

Kurt Jung-Alsen

Director

Kurt Bortfeldt

Writer

Franz Fühmann

Novel

Walter Fehdmer

Cinematography

Günter Klück

Music

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Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag (1957)

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