The Beginning Was Sin

The Beginning Was Sin
German film poster
German	Am Anfang war es Sünde
Directed by	František Čáp
Written by	František Čáp
Based on	"The Story of a Farm Girl" by Guy de Maupassant
Produced by	Peter Bamberger
Starring	Ruth Niehaus Viktor Staal Hansi Knoteck
Cinematography	Bruno Stephan
Edited by	Klaus Eckstein Hilde Grebner Ira Oberberg
Music by	Bojan Adamič
Production companies	Saphir-Film Triglav Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	2 September 1954 (1954-09-02)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	West Germany Yugoslavia
Language	German

The Beginning Was Sin (German: Am Anfang war es Sünde) is a 1954 West German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Ruth Niehaus, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Mirko Lipuzic.

Cast

• Ruth Niehaus as Rosalia
• Viktor Staal as Jacob, farmer
• Hansi Knoteck as Anna, his wife
• Peter Carsten as Marko, farmworker
• Laya Raki as gypsy dancer
• Edith Schultze-Westrum as Rosalia's mother
• Franz Muxeneder as Toni, farmworker
• Zvonimir Rogoz
• Petra Unkel as Therese, maid
• Olga Bedjanic as Dora
• Frane Milčinski
• Lojze Potokar
• Hans Pössenbacher as farmer
• Mila Kacic
• Boris Kralj

References

External links

• The Beginning Was Sin at IMDb

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