Die Ratten

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Die Ratten
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Written by Jochen Huth
Starring Maria Schell
Curd Jürgens
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Gustav Knuth
Ilse Steppat
Release dates 6 July 1955
Running time 97 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

Die Ratten (English: The Rats) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It is an adaptation of the play The Rats by Gerhart Hauptmann which transferred the story in the early fifties, shortly after the Second World War. It tells the story of the destitute Pole Pauline, who sells her illegitimate baby for a few hundred Deutsche Mark to the childless forwarder's wife Anna John. The film won the Golden Bear award.[1]

Cast

References

  1. "5th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-12-16. 

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