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Friedrich Wolf and his Soviet co-author, Phillipp Gecht, began writing the script in the summer of 1948, shortly after the end of the IG Farben Trial. They used many original documents from the trial, but mainly relied of Richard Sasuly's book IG Farben.
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 ...
Featuring music by Hanns Eisler, electronic sound by Oskar Sala (Hitchcocks's "The Birds") and a script by Friedrich Wolf, the film is powerful in its depiction of the moral dilemmas and lessons of the war, as well as of Cold War propaganda.
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- Kurt Maetzig
- 1950-05-12
Based on the 1947 book «I.G. Farben», by American author Richard Sasuly, and records from the Nuremberg Trial of the chemical giant I.G. Farben, Council of the Gods is a story about the collaboration between international corporations and German scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. Featuring music by Hanns Eisler, electronic sound by Oskar Sala (Hitchcocks’s «The Birds»)
Tag Line: Status: Released Average Rating: 7 Release Date: May 12, 1950 Rating: Run Time: 1h 50m Original Language: German Website: - Production Countries: East ...
Synopsis. 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.
Council of the Gods is right at the center of the ideological stalemate of the Cold War, with both sides claiming the cause of Freedom and Justice. Council of the Gods is a handsome production with good acting and excellent direction by Kurt Maetzig.
