Blum Affair
Blum Affair (German: Affaire Blum) is an East German drama film directed by Erich Engel. It was released in 1948. A German Jewish industrialist is tried for murder. It is based on a real 1926 case in Magdeburg.[1]
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| Directed by | Erich Engel |
| Produced by | Herbert Uhlich |
| Written by | Robert A. Stemmle |
| Starring | Hans Christian Blech |
| Cinematography | Karl Plintzner |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
- Hans Christian Blech as Karlheinz Gabler
- Ernst Waldow as Kriminalkommissar Schwerdtfeger
- Paul Bildt as Untersuchungsrichter Konrat
- Karin Evans as Sabine Blum
- Helmuth Rudolph as Wilschinsky - Regierungspräsident
- Alfred Schieske as Kriminalkommissar Otto Bonte
- Gisela Trowe as Christina Burman
- Kurt Ehrhardt as Dr. Jakob Blum
- Gerhard Bienert as Karl Bremer
- Herbert Hübner as Landgerichtsdirektor Hecht
- Friedrich Maurer as Lawyer Dr. Gerhard Wormser
- Klaus Becker as Hans Fischer - Gutsvolontär
- Arno Paulsen as Wilhelm Platzer
- Hilde Adolphi as Alma - das 'süße' Mädchen
Reception
Bosley Crowther, critic for The New York Times, praised it as "a trenchant dramatic exposition of the way in which an innocent German Jew is almost destroyed by nascent Nazis—back in 1926."[2]
The film sold more than 4,330,000 tickets, making it one of DEFA's all-time most successful productions.[3]
References
- "The Blum Affair (Affaire Blum): Synopsis". DEFA Film Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- Bosley Crowther (October 18, 1949). "The Screen; German Drama at World". The New York Times.
- List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
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