The Great Temptation

The Great Temptation
The Great Temptation
Directed by	Rolf Hansen
Written by	[de] (novel); Kurt Heuser;
Produced by	[de]
Starring	Dieter Borsche; Ruth Leuwerik; Renate Mannhardt;
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund; Franz Weihmayr;
Edited by
Music by	Mark Lothar
Production; companies	Deutsche London-Film; Rotary-Film;
Distributed by	Deutsche Film Hansa
Release date	18 December 1952
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Great Temptation (German: Die große Versuchung) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt.^[1]

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer.

Synopsis[]

A successful surgeon conceals from his colleagues that he has never formally received any medical qualifications having learned his skills working as a medical orderly in a Soviet prisoner of war camp.

Cast[]

Dieter Borsche as Richard Gerbrand
Ruth Leuwerik as Hilde
Renate Mannhardt as Sylva
Carl Wery as Medizinalrat Dr. Bosch
Paul Bildt as Dr. Riebold
Claus Biederstaedt as Famulus Huber
Ulrich Bettac as Judge
Friedrich Domin as Defense lawyer Dr. Frank
Heinrich Gretler as Bürgermeister Max Händel
[de] as Dr. Schnetz
as Alexander Rochwald
Bruno Hübner as Professor Dr. Nanken
Erich Ponto as Professor Dr. Gandolphi
Rudolf Reiff as Generaldirektor Witt
[de] as Dr. Köberl
Franz Schafheitlin as Landrat Rochwald
Ernst Schröder as Prosecutor
Paula Braend as Oberschwester Therese
Lina Carstens
as Schwester Narzisse
[de] as Frau Rochwald
Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Riebold

References[]

^ Hake p. 115

Bibliography[]

Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links[]

The Great Temptation at IMDb

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[1] Hake p. 115

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