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Blum Affair (German: Affaire Blum) is an East German drama film directed by Erich Engel. It was released in 1948. A German Jewish industrialist is tried for murder. It is based on a real 1926 case in Magdeburg.[1]

Blum Affair
Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Robert A. Stemmle
Produced by	Herbert Uhlich
Starring	Hans Christian Blech
Cinematography	Karl Plintzner
Production company	DEFA
Release date	3 December 1948 (1948-12-03)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Hans Christian Blech as Karlheinz Gabler
• Ernst Waldow as Kriminalkommissar Schwerdtfeger
• Paul Bildt as Untersuchungsrichter Konrat
• Karin Evans as Sabine Blum
• Helmuth Rudolph as Wilschinsky - Regierungspräsident
• Alfred Schieske as Kriminalkommissar Otto Bonte
• Gisela Trowe as Christina Burman
• Kurt Ehrhardt as Dr. Jakob Blum
• Gerhard Bienert as Karl Bremer
• Herbert Hübner as Landgerichtsdirektor Hecht
• Friedrich Maurer as Lawyer Dr. Gerhard Wormser
• Klaus Becker as Hans Fischer - Gutsvolontär
• Arno Paulsen as Wilhelm Platzer
• Hilde Adolphi as Alma - das 'süße' Mädchen

Reception

Bosley Crowther, critic for The New York Times, praised it as "a trenchant dramatic exposition of the way in which an innocent German Jew is almost destroyed by nascent Nazis—back in 1926."[2]

The film sold more than 4,330,000 tickets, making it one of DEFA's all-time most successful productions.[3]

References

External links

• Blum Affair at IMDb

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