The historical background to the story is the transfer of 269 executed women to the Berlin Anatomy Department in the years 1939-1945. The corpses were misused for experimental purposes.
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Cast
23 people
Donata Höffer
Anne Hofmann
Also in
Die Umarmung des Wolfes
Das provisorische Leben
Dieter Borsche
Dr. Hellmer
Known for
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Leopold Ahlsen
Rainer Wolffhardt
Gisela Haller
Hans-Jürgen Bobermin
Peter Kappner
Bodo Hellmer
Rolf Hochhuth
Wolfgang Hammerschmidt
Günther Bach
Manfred Heidmann
Pfarrer
Also in
Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin
Tim Frazer
Viktor Müller-Staedt
Rainer Wolffhardt Director · Leopold Ahlsen Screenplay Rolf Hochhuth Author
First release November 24, 1968 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
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UFA
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Universum Film (UFA)
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 24, 1968
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Austria
September 11, 1971
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