The Beginning Was Sin
Cast & Crew
Franz Cap
Ruth Niehaus
Viktor Staal
Hansi Knotecks
Peter Carsten
Laya Raki
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jacob Bauer, a rich farmer, is unhappy that his wife is sterile. Unknown to him, his maid Rosalie is raped and becomes pregnant by Marko, a farmhand who deserts her when she suggests marriage. Rosalie goes to her mother's home, gives birth to a son, and returns to Jacob, whose wife has died. Pleased with her work, Jacob proposes marriage; she hesitates because of her illegitimate child, but later accepts, keeping her secret. Jacob soon begins to torment her for not having a child by him. During a violent quarrel, she declares that it is he who is sterile, revealing that she has already borne a child. Humbled, Jacob adopts the boy.
Director
Franz Cap
Cast
Ruth Niehaus
Viktor Staal
Hansi Knotecks
Peter Carsten
Laya Raki
Petr Unkel
Franz Muxeneder
Edith Schultze-westrum
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Yugoslavia. Opened in Essen in October 1954 as Am Anfang war es Sünde; running time: 96 min. Yugoslavian title: Greh.
