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Council of the Gods

May 12, 1950 · 1h 50m
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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
Albert Garbe
Uncle Karl Scholz
Brigitte Krause
"Kaetchen" Scholz
Directed by Kurt Maetzig

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