The Beginning Was Sin () is a 1954 West German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Ruth Niehaus, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Mirko Lipuzic.

Cast Ruth Niehaus as Rosalia Viktor Staal as Jacob, farmer Hansi Knoteck as Anna, his wife Peter Carsten as Marko, farmworker Laya Raki as gypsy dancer Edith Schultze-Westrum as Rosalia's mother Franz Muxeneder as Toni, farmworker Zvonimir Rogoz Petra Unkel as Therese, maid Olga Bedjanic as Dora Frane Milčinski Lojze Potokar Hans Pössenbacher as farmer Mila Kacic Boris Kralj

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