Horst von Otto

It is a love story between a prostitute and an artist. It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions by the politicians and the Roman Catholic Church. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film.

L'Allemagne, peu de temps après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le docteur Karl Rothe, qui a pris le nom de Neumeister, travaille dans un camp de réfugiés. Il voit un jour apparaître, sous le nom de Novak, son ancien collègue Hoesch. Les deux hommes partagent en commun un lourd passé.

Set in German-occupied France in 1944 where a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love.

A man's life breaks down in pursuit of material success.