Thou Shalt Not Covet () is a 1933 German film written and directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben and released by UFA GmbH.
Plot Görk, a farmer, is envious of his brother Lutz, who returns from the city and becomes a sheep herder, Lutz romances a woman that Görk loves. Görk kills Lutz and the woman.
Cast Walter Griep as Görk Paul Klinger as Lutz Friedel Pisetta as Nelly Frida Richard as Trud Robert Müller as Father Karl Platen as Pastor Ruth Eweler as a young mother Klaus Pohl as Thomas Paul Schwed as musician
Production Richard Schneider-Edenkoben wrote and directed Thou Shalt Not Covet for UFA GmbH. The film has limited dialogue and was inspired by the story of Cain and Abel. The script was sent for approval by Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture Richard Walther Darré, but his suggestions were ignored.
The cinematography was done by Werner Bohe, Herbert Windt composed the score, and Arnfried Heyne edited the film. Erich Kettelhut, a set designer and stage painter, worked on the film. This was the film debut of Paul Klinger.
Release Thou Shalt Not Covet premiered on 31 October 1933. Darré accused the film of slandering farmers. He claimed that Griep was made to look like Marinus van der Lubbe, who was accused of setting the Reichstag fire. Members of the Agrarian-Political Office of the Greater Berlin District of the NSDAP were prohibited from seeing the film.
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