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The Great Temptation
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Rolf Hansen
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| editing = Anna Hllering
| music = Mark Lothar
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| distributor = Deutsche Film Hansa
| released = 18 December 1952
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
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'The Great Temptation' is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt.Hake p. 115
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer.
Synopsis
A successful surgeon conceals from his colleagues that he has never formally received any medical qualifications having learned his skills working as a medical orderly in a Soviet prisoner of war camp.
Cast
* Dieter Borsche as Richard Gerbrand
* Ruth Leuwerik as Hilde
* Renate Mannhardt as Sylva
* Carl Wery as Medizinalrat Dr. Bosch
* Paul Bildt as Dr. Riebold
* Claus Biederstaedt as Famulus Huber
* Ulrich Bettac as Judge
* Friedrich Domin as Defense lawyer Dr. Frank
* Heinrich Gretler as Brgermeister Max Hndel
* as Dr. Schnetz
* Harald Holberg as Alexander Rochwald
* Bruno Hbner as Professor Dr. Nanken
* Erich Ponto as Professor Dr. Gandolphi
* Rudolf Reiff as Generaldirektor Witt
* as Dr. Kberl
* Franz Schafheitlin as Landrat Rochwald
* Ernst Schrder as Prosecutor
* Paula Braend as Oberschwester Therese
* Lina Carstens
* Marion Morell as Schwester Narzisse
* as Frau Rochwald
* Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Riebold
References
Bibliography
* Hake, Sabine. 'German National Cinema'. Routledge, 2013.
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