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Council of the Gods
Release Date: May 12, 1950
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Genres: 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.

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Fritz Tillmann | Dr. Hans Scholz
Paul Bildt | Chairman Mauch
Helmuth Hinzelmann | Gen. Schirrwind
Yvonne Merin | Claudia Mauch
Hans-Georg Rudolph | Director Tilgner
Inge Keller | Edith Scholz
Featured Crew
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Kurt Maetzig | Director
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Friedrich Wolf | Writer
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Hanns Eisler | Music
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Philipp Gecht | Writer
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Friedl Behn-Grund | Director of Photography
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music