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Council of the Gods (1950) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1950 · 110 mins · German
- Directed by
- Kurt Maetzig
- Starring
- Eva Pflug, Inge Keller, Brigitte Krause, Herwart Grosse, Paul Bildt, Fritz Tillmann
Based on Nuremberg trial records of chemical giant IG Farben, the film portrays the collusion between multinational corporations and Nazi scientists whose research enabled mass murder. Chemist Dr. Hans Scholz undergoes a turbulent political awakening, feigning neutrality while the poison from his plant fuels extermination camps. At the trials he confronts his complicity in the millions killed in gas chambers.
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