The Judge and the Sinner
Cast & Crew
Paul Verhoeven
Heinz Rühmann
Karin Baal
Lola Müthel
Hans Nielsen
Rainer Brandt
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Synopsis
Ferdinand Bluhme, a juvenile court judge, believes that young offenders should be given a chance to reform. He puts his principles to the test on Inge Schumann, a youngster convicted of blackmail. To remove her from the unhealthy influence of her boyfriend Kurt, the leader of a teenage gang, Judge Bluhme at first sentences Inge to 8 months in prison, but he revokes the sentence when she threatens to commit suicide. He finds her a job as a waitress at the boardinghouse where he lives, although the owner, Elisabeth Winkler, objects to having a criminal in her house. At Kurt's instigation, Inge steals from a boarder, but after Judge Bluhme covers up for the theft, Inge begins to respond to his kindness and secretly falls in love with him. She finally breaks with Kurt when she learns that he is trying to blackmail Judge Bluhme by accusing the judge of having an affair with her. Judge Bluhme goes to the gang's hideout and persuades them to mend their ways and start a new life.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast
Heinz Rühmann
Karin Baal
Lola Müthel
Hans Nielsen
Rainer Brandt
Michael Verhoeven
Peter Thom
Lore Schulz
Monika John
Hans Epskamp
Erich Fiedler
Gerd Frickhöffer
Harry Engel
Willi Rose
Käthe Alving
Kunibert Gensichen
Knut Hartwig
Jan Hendriks
Hilla Hofer
Friedrich Maurer
Friedrich Siemers
Crew
Freddy Arnold
Günter Beer
Istvan Békeffi
Erich Claunigk
Josef Coesfeld
Erwin Dräger
Günter Franke
Heinz Garbowski
Manon Hahn
Hermann Haller
Hans Jacoby
Gerd Neubelt
Hans Osterrieder
Raimund Rosenberger
Herta Schwarz
Kurt Sobania
Kurt Ulrich
Jochen Wiedermann
Rolf Zehetbauer
Ursula Zeller
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Released in Berlin in February 1960 as Der Jugendrichter; running time: 94 min.
