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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was an

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, a film made predominantly during the

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but not released until after the fall of the

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regime. It was based on the novel ''Die Schuld der Gabriele Rottweil'' by Hans Gustl Kernmayr and it sometimes known by this title. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and

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. The film's direction was originally assigned to

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before he was replaced by Rabenalt. Rentschler p.366

Cast

as Gabriele von Wahl *

as Herr von Wahl *

as Dr. Robert Rottweil *

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as Leutnant Rainer von Teschenbach * Gustav Waldau as Onkel Max *

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as Heinrich von Stammer * Gabriele Reismüller as Gusti Dankl *

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as Rudi von Geldern * Emil Matousek as Hugo *

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as Oberst Weippert *

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as Haushälterin Veronika * Walther Jung as Oberstabsarzt Dr. Wegener * Sepp Nigg as Post bringender Soldat * Fritz Reiff as Hausarzt bei Wahl * Karl Schaidler as Post verteilender Soldat Fischer * Paul Wagner as Kriegsgerichtsrat Westermann *

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as Soldat mit Rumbecher * Rosemarie Grosser as Gustis Freundin Resi *

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as Assistenzarzt

References

Bibliography

* Eckart, Wolfgang Uwe. ''Medizin im Spielfilm des Nationalsozialismus''. Burgverlag, 1990. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 drama films German drama films West German films Films of Nazi Germany 1950s German-language films Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub de:Die Schuld der Gabriele Rottweil