The Great Temptation

Based onDer Erfolgreiche by Hans Kades [de]Produced byC. W. Tetting [de]StarringCinematographyEdited byAnna HölleringMusic byMark LotharDistributed byDeutsche Film Hansa97 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

The Great Temptation (German: Die große Versuchung) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt.^[1] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors 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 Bürgermeister Max Händel
• Heini Göbel as Dr. Schnetz
• Harald Holberg as Alexander Rochwald
• Bruno Hübner as Professor Dr. Nanken
• Erich Ponto as Professor Dr. Gandolphi
• Rudolf Reiff as Generaldirektor Witt
• Ado Riegler [de] as Dr. Köberl
• Franz Schafheitlin as Landrat Rochwald
• Ernst Schröder as Prosecutor
• Paula Braend as Oberschwester Therese
• Lina Carstens
• Marion Morell as Schwester Narzisse
• Charlotte Scheier-Herold [de] as Frau Rochwald
• Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Riebold

References

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• The Great Temptation at IMDb