Berliner Antigone (1968)
The historical background to the story is the transfer of 269 executed women to the Berlin Anatomy Department in the years 1939-1945. The corpses were misused for experimental purposes.
Top billed cast
Donata HöfferAnne Hofmann
Dieter BorscheDr. Hellmer- Peter KappnerBodo Hellmer
- Manfred HeidmannPfarrer
- Inga Weber-ArtmannKathinka
Frank GlaubrechtChristian Hofmann
Ilse SteppatWärterin
Robert DietlStaatsanwalt- Eva LissaFrau Hellmer
- Emmy BurgFrau Hofman
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