The Great Temptation

The Great Temptation
Directed by	Rolf Hansen
Written by	Kurt Heuser
Based on	Der Erfolgreiche by Hans Kades
Produced by	C. W. Tetting
Starring	Dieter Borsche Ruth Leuwerik Renate Mannhardt
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Anna Höllering
Music by	Mark Lothar
Production companies	Deutsche London-Film Rotary-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Film Hansa
Release date	18 December 1952 (1952-12-18)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Great Temptation (German: Die große Versuchung) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Renate Mannhardt. 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
• Ado Riegler as Dr. Köberl
• Franz Schafheitlin as Landrat Rochwald
• Ernst Schröder as Prosecutor
• Paula Braend as Oberschwester Therese
• Lina Carstens
• Marion Morell as Schwester Narzisse
• Charlotte Scheier-Herold as Frau Rochwald
• Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Riebold

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• The Great Temptation at IMDb