Directed by:
Georg Wilhelm PabstCinematography:
Günther AndersComposer:
Erwin HalletzCast:
Curd Jürgens, Elisabeth Müller, Albert Lieven, Vera Molnar, Jester Naefe, Margot Trooger, Hilde Körber, Ulrich Beiger, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Hilde Sessak (more)Plots(1)
A panorama of federal republican femininity, reflected in the shattered mirror of a spineless man. A story about murder, suicide and self-disgust, located in a country similar to the FRG where there is still the death penalty. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
![Curd Jürgens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653265_e4fc73.jpg)
Curd Jürgens
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless (1968)
![Elisabeth Müller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/121/161121172_9c2450.jpg)
Elisabeth Müller
Switzerland
Best movies:
Rommel ruft Kairo (1959)
![Albert Lieven](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762280_2f374c.jpg)
Albert Lieven
German Empire
Best movies:
Brainwashed (1960)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
![Vera Molnar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515906_e9f698.jpg)
Vera Molnar
German Empire
Best movies:
Bald-Dog-Rock (1981)
The Loves and Adventures of Ulysses (1954)
Dov'è la libertà...? (1954)
![Jester Naefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/528/158528788_42f134.jpg)
Jester Naefe
Austria
![Margot Trooger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120131_4e3d3c.jpg)
Margot Trooger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Pippi Goes On Board (1969)
Heidi (1965)
Hilde Körber
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Anders als du und ich (1957)
![Ulrich Beiger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789762_ebbea9.jpg)
Ulrich Beiger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Little Vampire (1968)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1959)
![Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762397_3a6ecc.jpg)
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
The Congress Dances (1931)
![Hilde Sessak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/682/161682761_588dd9.jpg)
Hilde Sessak
German Empire
Best movies:
The Punch Bowl (1944)
The Man Between (1953)
Gorilla Gang (1968)
![Peter Arens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/741/160741842_66f1d7.jpg)
Peter Arens
German Empire
Best movies:
Villa Amalia (2009)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Friedrich Domin
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
Lola Montès (1955)
Hanna Rucker
German Empire
Johannes Buzalski
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971) (TV movie)
![Renate Mannhardt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/615/161615457_1a6444.png)
Renate Mannhardt
German Empire
Best movies:
Fear (1954)
Der Verlorene (1951)