Der Rat der Götter
DDR 1950
Based on testimony from the Nuremberg trial of chemical giant IG Farben, The Council of the Gods shows the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The story focuses on a chemist who embraces political neutrality, closing his eyes to the fact that poison is being produced in his factory – poison to be used in the gas chambers of the concentration camps. The film “is powerful in its depiction of the moral dilemmas of the war as well as of Cold War propaganda.“ (Detroit Jewish Film Festival 2007)
Originaltitel: Der Rat der Götter
Deutscher Titel: Der Rat der Götter
Format: 35mm
Länge: 111 Min.
Fassung: Deutsche Originalfassung
Farbe: Schwarzweiß
Regie: Kurt Maetzig
Drehbuch: Philip Gecht
Darsteller: Paul Bildt (Geheimrat Mauch), Karl-Heinz Deickert (Dieter Scholz), Inge Keller (Edith Scholz), Albert Garbe (Onkel Karl), Yvonne Merin (Claudia Mauch), Fritz Tillmann (Dr. Hans Scholz), Herwart Grosse (Direktor von Decken)
Kamera: Friedrich Wolf
Schnitt: Ilse Voigt
Musik: Hanns Eisler, Erwin Lehn
Ton: Erich Schmidt
Produktion: DEFA

