East Germany,
1957, 90 min
Directed by:
Arthur PohlScreenplay:
Arthur PohlCinematography:
Joachim HaslerComposer:
Martin BöttcherCast:
Gertrud Kückelmann, Peter Pasetti, Jan Hendriks, Rudolf Forster, Willy A. Kleinau, Sven Lindberg, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Horst Schönemann, Siegfried Weiss (more)Plots(1)
A warning about the seduction of capitalism in the form of an elegantly staged thriller – which made the class enemy look too good... This was the abrupt end of Pohl's career, one of the outstanding young DEFA directors whom nobody wanted to give a second chance in the FRG. (Locarno Festival)