The Appeal to Conscience () is a 1949 German mystery film directed by Karl Anton and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz and Gustav Diessl. It was originally shot in 1944, but remained uncompleted until it was finished by DEFA in the post-war era. It remained unreleased until it was given a 1949 premiere in Austria. Subsequently it was distributed in East Germany in 1950 and West Germany in 1951.
It was produced by Tobis Film, one of the dominant companies of the Nazi era. It was shot in Studios in German-occupied Prague, with some location filming taking place around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Fritz Lück.
Synopsis
It involves the solving of a murder case re-opened ten years after it occurred by a celebrated crime writer.
Cast
Karl Ludwig Diehl as Kriminalrat Husfeld
Werner Hinz as Volkmar Hollberg, Schrifsteller
Gustav Diessl as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
Käthe Haack as Helga Andree
Marina von Ditmar as Ingrid Andree
Anneliese Uhlig as Senora de la Serna
Andrews Engelmann as Jan Puchalla
Hilde Hildebrand as Meta Puchalla
Harald Paulsen as Korfiz
Elisabeth Markus as Frau Hamborn
Herbert Hübner as Gröner
Hans Stiebner as Wituschek
Walter Janssen
Karl Hannemann
Walter Werner
Siegfried Niemann
Anneliese von Eschstruth
Werner Pledath
See also
Überläufer
References
Bibliography
Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.