Venus on Trial (1941)
June 4, 1941Release Date
Plot.
A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
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Cast & Crew.
Hannes Stelzer
Peter Brake, Bildhauer
Hansi Knoteck
Charlotte Böller
Paul Dahlke
Gottlieb Böller, Bürgermeister
Siegfried Breuer
Benjamin Hecht, Kunsthändler
Hans H. Zerlett
Director
Josef Eichheim
Prof. Semmel, Bildhauer
Leo Leux
Composer
Oskar Schnirch
Cinematographer
Erhard Siedel
Der Kultusminister
Carl Wery
Oberstaatsanwalt
Gottlieb Madl
Editor
Charlott Daudert
Marianne
Hans Brausewetter
Staatsanwalt
Hubert von Meyerinck
Dr.Knarre, Sachverständiger
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Paul Dreysing, Zeichner
Justus Paris
Prof. Grimm, Sachverständiger
Fritz Reiff
Der Vorsitzende Richter
Peter Elsholtz
Der Verteidiger
Peter Pasetti
Parteigenosse
Adolf Gondrell
Bronsky - Agent
Liesl Karlstadt
Hausmädchen
Rudolf Vogel
Dr. Gerhard Hümmelmann
Carl Ballhaus
Alfred
Eva Tinschmann
Rita, Empfangsdame bei Hecht
Elise Aulinger
Frau Laura Wimmer
Albert Hörrmann
Dr. Wertheimer, Referent des Kultusministers
Heini Handschumacher
Reporter
Hans Sohnle
Art Direction
Max Seefelder
Art Direction
Ottmar Ostermayr
Line Producer
Wilhelm Vorwerg
Art Direction
Ludwig Heiss
Sound
Dorothy von Bruck
Edith Meinel
Gabriele Reissmüller
Sylvia Prillinger
Werner Nippen
Peter Martin Urtel
Fritz Hoopts
Wastl Witt
Details.
Wiki.
Venus on Trial (German: Venus vor Gericht) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck, and Paul Dahlke. The film was part of the Nazis' campaign against 'degenerate art', and depicts the trial of a young artist who has resisted the trend towards it.The film was made by Bavaria Film at their Emelka Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Seefelder, Hans Sohnle and Wilhelm Vorwerg.