The Great Temptation () is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt.Hake p. 115 It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors 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 Heini Göbel as Dr. Schnetz Harald Holberg as Alexander Rochwald Bruno Hübner as Professor Dr. Nanken Erich Ponto as Professor Dr. Gandolphi Rudolf Reiff as Generaldirektor Witt as Dr. Köberl Franz Schafheitlin as Landrat Rochwald Ernst Schröder as Prosecutor Paula Braend as Oberschwester Therese Lina Carstens Marion Morell as Schwester Narzisse as Frau Rochwald Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Riebold
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Bibliography Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.
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