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Council of the Gods

64% | May 12, 1950 | 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.

Featured Crew

Kurt Maetzig
Director
Friedrich Wolf
Writer

Cast

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Fritz Tillmann
Dr. Hans Scholz
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Paul Bildt
Chairman Mauch
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Helmuth Hinzelmann
Gen. Schirrwind
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Yvonne Merin
Claudia Mauch
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Hans-Georg Rudolph
Director Tilgner

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