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Rotation

  • 1949
  • Germany
  • feature film - Drama
  • 84 min. (2297 m.)
  • Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess
Paul Esser (Hans Behnke)
Irene Korb (Lotte Behnke)
Karl-Heinz Deickert (Kurt Blank)
Reinhard Kolldehoff (Rudi Wille)
Werner Peters (Udo Schulze)
Albert Johannes (Personal Manager 'VB')
Theodor Vogeler (SD-Man)
Walter Tarrach (SD-Man)
Valeska Stock (Midwife)
Ellen Thenn-Weinig (Mrs. Salomon)
Klemens Herzberg (Mr. Salomon)
Hans-Erich Korbschmitt (Visitor)
Maria Loja (Landlady)
Wolfgang Kühne (Actor)
Eduard Matzig (Worker)
Alfred Maack (Landlord)
Margit Rocky (forewoman at Weaving Mill)
Peter Marx (Worker)
Siegfried Andrich (SS-Man)
Hugo Kalthoff (SS-Officier in Moabit)
Carlo Kluge (Ordinance)
Helmut Hain (Air Raid Helper)
Georg August Koch (SD-Man)
Kitty Franke (Refugee Woman)
Herbert Malsbender (SS-Man at Prison)
Gerd Ewert (Adjutant)
Rudi Beil (MG-Shooter)
Albert Venohr (Worker at Factory Gate)
Hans Emons (Worker at Factory Gate)
Helmuth Bautzmann (Worker at Factory Gate)
Walter Diehl (Worker at Factory Gate)
Johannes Knittel (Worker)
Hans Schille (Worker)
Gerd Robat (Worker)
Friedrich Teitge (Worker)
Reinhold Bernt
Brigitte Krause

Direction

Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Assistant director
Hans Heinrich

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Bruno Mondi
Still photographer
Rudolf Brix

Decor

Production design
Willy Schiller
Set construction
Willi Eplinius
Artur Schwarz
Franz F. Fürst
Costume design
Georg Schott

Cutting & Mixing

Editing
Lilian Seng
Sound
Karl Tramburg

Music

Music
H. W. Wiemann

Production

Unit production manager
Herbert Uhlich
Location manager
Willi Teichmann
Production assistant
Peter-Klaus Niemetz

Companies

Production company
DEFA Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (Herstellungsgruppe Herbert Uhlich)