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Duped Till Doomsday

East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi mindset by concentrating on a particularly odious cover-up. When his son is involved in the accidental killing of a girl, a Gestapo general pulls strings to save the boy from prosecution. The general manages to pin the blame for the killing on a group of Russians, whereupon he gives the men under his command carte blanche to round up and execute as many innocent Russians as they wish. This act of brutality is contrasted with the pangs of guilt suffered by the son and his co-conspirators.

Top Cast

  • Rudolf Ulrich

    Rudolf Ulrich

    Corporal Wagner Karl

  • Wolfgang Kieling

    Wolfgang Kieling

    Private Lick

  • Erich Brauer

    Erich Brauer

    Hauptfeldwebel

  • Hans-Joachim Martens

    Hans-Joachim Martens

    Upper gunner Paulun Thomas

  • Walther Suessenguth

    Walther Suessenguth

    captain von der Saale

  • Renate Küster

    Renate Küster

    Angelika, his daughter

  • Peter Kiwitt

    Peter Kiwitt

    General of the Waffen-SS Lick

  • Hermann Dieckhoff

    Hermann Dieckhoff

    Division commander

  • Kurt Ulrich

    Kurt Ulrich

    lieutenant

Overview

East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis zum Juengsten Tag. Had the film been released in the U.S., the title would probably have translated to Duped Till the Last. The film condemns the Nazi mindset by concentrating on a particularly odious cover-up. When his son is involved in the accidental killing of a girl, a Gestapo general pulls strings to save the boy from prosecution. The general manages to pin the blame for the killing on a group of Russians, whereupon he gives the men under his command carte blanche to round up and execute as many innocent Russians as they wish. This act of brutality is contrasted with the pangs of guilt suffered by the son and his co-conspirators.

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