72788
72788

Council of the Gods

1950-05-12
6.4
de 110m
Drama
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.

Director

Kurt Maetzig

Music

Hanns Eisler

Writer

Friedrich Wolf

Writer

Philipp Gecht

Director of Photography

Friedl Behn-Grund

Music

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Status

Released

Countries

  • East Germany

Companies

  • DEFA