Venus on Trial

Venus on Trial

Drama, Romance | June 4, 1941

A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.

Venus on Trial

Drama, Romance | June 4, 1941

Venus on Trial
A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
Producers Bavaria-Filmkunst
Original title Venus vor Gericht
Directors Hans H. Zerlett
Writers Hans H. Zerlett

Cast

Hannes Stelzer

as Peter Brake, Bildhauer

Hansi Knoteck

as Charlotte Böller

Paul Dahlke

as Gottlieb Böller, Bürgermeister

Siegfried Breuer

as Benjamin Hecht, Kunsthändler

Charlott Daudert

as Marianne

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

as Paul Dreysing, Zeichner

Josef Eichheim

as Prof. Semmel, Bildhauer

Erhard Siedel

as Der Kultusminister

Carl Wery

as Oberstaatsanwalt

Hans Brausewetter

as Staatsanwalt

Hubert von Meyerinck

as Dr.Knarre, Sachverständiger

Justus Paris

as Prof. Grimm, Sachverständiger

Fritz Reiff

as Der Vorsitzende Richter

Peter Elsholtz

as Der Verteidiger

Peter Pasetti

as Parteigenosse

Adolf Gondrell

as Bronsky - Agent

Liesl Karlstadt

as Hausmädchen

Rudolf Vogel

as Dr. Gerhard Hümmelmann

Carl Ballhaus

as Alfred

Eva Tinschmann

as Rita, Empfangsdame bei Hecht

Elise Aulinger

as Frau Laura Wimmer

Albert Hörrmann

as Dr. Wertheimer, Referent des Kultusministers

Heini Handschumacher

as Reporter