Venus on Trial (1941)
A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
- Released
- 1941-06-04
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Hans H. Zerlett, Hans H. Zerlett
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Hannes Stelzer as Peter Brake, Bildhauer
- Hansi Knoteck as Charlotte Böller
- Paul Dahlke as Gottlieb Böller, Bürgermeister
- Siegfried Breuer as Benjamin Hecht, Kunsthändler
- Charlott Daudert as Marianne
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Paul Dreysing, Zeichner
- Josef Eichheim as Prof. Semmel, Bildhauer
- Erhard Siedel as Der Kultusminister
- Carl Wery as Oberstaatsanwalt
- Hans Brausewetter as Staatsanwalt
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Dr.Knarre, Sachverständiger
- Justus Paris as Prof. Grimm, Sachverständiger