Duped Till Doomsday (1957)
1h 14m
Running Time
March 7, 1957Release Date
Duped Till Doomsday (1957)
1h 14m
Running Time
March 7, 1957Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Rudolf Ulrich
Obergefreiter Wagner Karl
Erich Brauer
Hauptfeldwebel
Wolfgang Kieling
Gefreiter Lick
Hans-Joachim Martens
Oberschütze Paulun Thomas
Walther Suessenguth
Hauptmann von der Saale
Renate Küster
Angelika, his daughter
Kurt Jung-Alsen
Director
Peter Kiwitt
General of the Waffen-SS Lick
Franz Fühmann
Writer
Hermann Dieckhoff
Division commander
Kurt Bortfeldt
Writer
Kurt Ulrich
lieutenant
Willi Brückner
Writer
Walter Fehdmer
Cinematographer
Hannes Fischer
Kitchen sergeant
Helga Raumer
Innkeeper daughter
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 7, 1957
Original NameBetrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Genres
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Wiki.
Duped Till Doomsday (German: Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) is a 1957 East German drama film directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.