Duped Till Doomsday
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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.
Release Date : 1957-03-07
Language :German
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : DEFA
Production Country : East Germany
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Corporal Wagner Karl
Original Name : Rudolf Ulrich
Gender : Male
Character Name : Private Lick
Original Name : Wolfgang Kieling
Gender : Male
Character Name : Hauptfeldwebel
Original Name : Erich Brauer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Upper gunner Paulun Thomas
Original Name : Hans-Joachim Martens
Gender : Male
Character Name : captain von der Saale
Original Name : Walther Suessenguth
Gender : Male
Character Name : Angelika, his daughter
Original Name : Renate Küster
Gender : Female
Character Name : General of the Waffen-SS Lick
Original Name : Peter Kiwitt
Gender : Male
Character Name : Division commander
Original Name : Hermann Dieckhoff
Gender : Male
Character Name : lieutenant
Original Name : Kurt Ulrich
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kitchen sergeant
Original Name : Hannes Fischer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Innkeeper daughter
Original Name : Helga Raumer
Gender : Female
Character Name : SS man
Original Name : Paul Pfingst
Gender : Male
Character Name : SS man
Original Name : Carlo Kluge
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sergeant in the shooting range
Original Name : Werner Senftleben
Gender : Male
Character Name : Major in the shooting range
Original Name : Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Gender : Male
Character Name : Soldier in the telephone exchange
Original Name : Horst Kube
Gender : Male
Character Name : Voss
Original Name : Wolfgang Lippert
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gas, sergeant
Original Name : Gerhard Lau
Gender : Male
Character Name : russian peasant woman
Original Name : Lu Marek
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Siegfried Weil
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Walter Wickenhauser
Gender : Male
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