The Beginning Was Sin
Appearance
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German | Am Anfang war es Sünde |
Directed by | František Čáp |
Written by | Guy de Maupassant (story) Frantisek Cáp |
Produced by | Peter Bamberger |
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Cinematography | Bruno Stephan |
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Music by | Bojan Adamič |
Production companies | Saphir-Film Triglav Film |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Countries | West Germany Yugoslavia |
Language | German |
The Beginning Was Sin (German: Am Anfang war es Sünde) is a 1954 West-German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Ruth Niehaus, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Mirko Lipuzic.
Cast
[edit]- Ruth Niehaus as Rosalia
- Viktor Staal as Jacob, farmer
- Hansi Knoteck as Anna, his wife
- Peter Carsten as Marko, farmworker
- Laya Raki as gypsy dancer
- Edith Schultze-Westrum as Rosalia's mother
- Franz Muxeneder as Toni, farmworker
- Zvonimir Rogoz
- Petra Unkel as Therese, maid
- Olga Bedjanic as Dora
- Frane Milčinski
- Lojze Potokar
- Hans Pössenbacher as farmer
- Mila Kacic
- Boris Kralj
References
[edit]- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 116. ISBN 3598114923.
External links
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Categories:
- 1954 films
- West German films
- 1954 drama films
- German drama films
- Yugoslav drama films
- Films directed by František Čáp
- Films based on works by Guy de Maupassant
- Constantin Film films
- Yugoslav black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films scored by Bojan Adamič
- 1950s German film stubs