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The Condemned of Altona(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-10-30
71%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
A Motion Picture As Unusual As The Roles of Its Academy Award Winning Stars!
Overview:
A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
Languages: German, Italian.
Countries:
Italy,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Movie: The Condemned of Altona
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sophia Loren
Johanna von Gerlach
Maximilian Schell
Franz von Gerlach
Fredric March
Albrecht von Gerlach
Robert Wagner
Werner von Gerlach
Françoise Prévost
Leni von Gerlach
Gabriele Tinti
Actor
Piero Leri
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A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
Release Date
1962-10-30
Average
7.063
Rating:
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A Motion Picture As Unusual As The Roles of Its Academy Award Winning Stars!
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