Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1960)
1h 41m
Running Time
September 14, 1960Release Date
Die Fastnachtsbeichte (1960)
1h 41m
Running Time
September 14, 1960Release Date
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Plot.
During the 1913 carnival, a man is stabbed to death in the confessional of Mainz Cathedral: Ferdinand Dörfler was the illegitimate son of the businessman Panezza, who never confessed to him. Ferdinand's brother Clemens is accused of fratricide by his own mother. The young Viola, who had come to Mainz from Italy, makes a confession: she loved Ferdinand and had been abandoned by him. Lolfo, who was unconditionally devoted to her, pursued Ferdinand and killed him. Lolfo commits suicide.
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Cast & Crew.
Hans Söhnker
Panezza
Gitty Djamal
Viola
Götz George
Clemens
Christian Wolff
Jeanmarie
Berta Drews
Frau Bäumler
Hilde Hildebrand
Mme. Guttier
Grit Boettcher
Bertel
Ursula Heyer
Rosa
Helga Schlack
Bettine
Rainer Brandt
Ferdinand Bäumler
Wolfgang Völz
Regierungsassessor
Ernst Neger
Sänger
William Dieterle
Director
Kurt Heuser
Writer
Carl Otto Bartning
Editor
Carl Zuckmayer
Novel
Siegfried Franz
Music
Heinz Pehlke
Director of Photography
Eberhard Itzenplitz
Assistant Director
Wolfgang Treu
Camera Operator
Bernhard Hellmund
Assistant Camera
Karl Reiter
Still Photographer
Walter Kutz
Production Design
Emil Hasler
Production Design
Walter Rother
Property Master
Helmut Deuckert
Property Master
Alois Woppmann
Makeup Artist
Manon Hahn
Costume Designer
Ursula Mrukwa
Makeup Artist
Ernst Erdmann
Costumer
Edith Dahlke
Costumer
Heinz Garbowski
Sound
Details.
Wiki.
Carnival Confession (German: Die Fastnachtsbeichte) is a 1960 West German crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring Hans Söhnker, Gitty Djamal and Götz George.It was made by the revived UFA company and was the veteran director Dieterle's penultimate cinema film and his last in his native Germany.