Duped Till Doomsday (1957)

East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated ...to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi mindset by concentrating on a particularly odious cover-up. When his son is involved in the accidental killing of a girl, a Gestapo general pulls strings to save the boy from prosecution. The general manages to pin the blame for the killing on a group of Russians, whereupon he gives the men under his command carte blanche to round up and execute as many innocent Russians as they wish. This act of brutality is contrasted with the pangs of guilt suffered by the son and his co-conspirators. more

Directing:
  • Kurt Jung-Alsen

Writing:
  • Kurt Bortfeldt
  • Franz Fühmann

Stars:
Release Date: 1957-03-07
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  • Country: XG
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Runtime: 74

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Erich Brauer
Erich Brauer
Hauptfeldwebel
Rudolf Ulrich
Rudolf Ulrich
Corporal Wagner Karl
Wolfgang Kieling
Wolfgang Kiel...
Private Lick
Paul Pfingst
Paul Pfingst
SS man
Hans-Joachim Martens
Hans-Joachim...
Upper gunner Paulun Thomas
Walther Suessenguth
Walther Suess...
captain von der Saale
Renate Küster
Renate Küster
Angelika, his daughter
Peter Kiwitt
Peter Kiwitt
General of the Waffen-SS Lick
Kurt Ulrich
Kurt Ulrich
lieutenant
Helga Raumer
Helga Raumer
Innkeeper daughter
Werner Senftleben
Werner Senftl...
Sergeant in the shooting range
Horst Kube
Horst Kube
Soldier in the telephone exchange
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