The Sinner (1951 film)

The Sinner
Directed by Willi Forst
Produced by Rolf Meyer
Written by Willi Forst
Georg Marischka
Gerhard Menzel
Starring Hildegard Knef
Gustav Fröhlich
Änne Bruck
Music by Theo Mackeben
Cinematography Václav Vích
Edited by Max Brenner
Production
company

Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed by Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date
 18 January 1951
Running time
 100 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

The Sinner (German: Die Sünderin) is a 1951 West German romantic drama film directed by Willi Forst and starring Hildegard Knef, Gustav Fröhlich and Änne Bruck.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Plot

It is a love story between the prostitute Marina and the unsuccessful artist Alexander, who suffers from a cancer which makes him blind and ill. They are happy for a short period in Italy. Despite Marina's loving care, Alexanders health gets worse and they together commit suicide in the end.[2]

Scandal

It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions both by politicians and the Roman Catholic Church.[2][3] The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the German film history. Despite or because of the scandal, Die Sünderin proved to be the breakthrough role of Hildegard Knef.

Cast

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Holloway, Ron (2002-02-02). "Hildegard Knef". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "The Scandal surrounding The Sinner [Die Sünderin] (1951)". German History in Documents and Images (GHDI). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Robert von Dassanowsky (10 October 2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7864-3733-7.
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