The Appeal to Conscience

The Appeal to Conscience (German: Ruf an das Gewissen) is a 1949 German mystery film directed by Karl Anton and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz and Gustav Diessl. It was originally shot in 1944, but remained uncompleted until it was finished by DEFA in the post-war era. It remained unreleased until it was given a 1949 premiere in Austria. Subsequently it was distributed in East Germany in 1950 and West Germany in 1951.

The Appeal to Conscience
Directed by	Karl Anton
Written by	Herbert Engelsing Jacob Geis Vring Wiemer
Produced by	Karl Anton Robert Wüllner
Starring	Karl Ludwig Diehl Werner Hinz Gustav Diessl
Cinematography	Herbert Körner
Edited by	Johanna Meisel
Music by	Franz R. Friedl
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Sovexport Film (East Germany) Lloyd Film (West Germany)
Release date	11 October 1949 (1949-10-11) (Austria)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

It was produced by Tobis Film, one of the dominant companies of the Nazi era. It was shot in Studios in German-occupied Prague, with some location filming taking place around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Fritz Lück.

Synopsis

A celebrated crime writer solves a ten-year-old cold murder case.

Cast

• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Kriminalrat Husfeld
• Werner Hinz as Volkmar Hollberg, Schrifsteller
• Gustav Diessl as Dr. Gregor Karpinski
• Käthe Haack as Helga Andree
• Marina von Ditmar as Ingrid Andree
• Anneliese Uhlig as Senora de la Serna
• Andrews Engelmann as Jan Puchalla
• Hilde Hildebrand as Meta Puchalla
• Harald Paulsen as Korfiz
• Elisabeth Markus as Frau Hamborn
• Herbert Hübner as Gröner
• Hans Stiebner as Wituschek
• Walter Janssen
• Karl Hannemann
• Walter Werner
• Siegfried Niemann
• Anneliese von Eschstruth
• Werner Pledath

See also

• Überläufer

Bibliography

• Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• The Appeal to Conscience at IMDb