Movie poster for Council of the Gods
TMDb Rating
6.4/10

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Council of the Gods (1950)

Drama
110 min

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Kurt Maetzig

Top Cast

Fritz TillmannPaul BildtHelmuth HinzelmannYvonne MerinHans-Georg Rudolph

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