The Condemned of Altona
An insane German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on, some 15 years after the fact.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Released
- 1962
- Country
- Italy, France
Details
Release year: 1962
Storyline
An insane German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on, some 15 years after the fact.
Top credits
Sophia Loren — Johanna von Gerlach
Maximilian Schell — Franz von Gerlach
Fredric March — Albrecht von Gerlach
Robert Wagner — Werner von Gerlach
Did you know
• According to his autobiography, Robert Wagner didn't get along at all with Maximilian Schell, who had just won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Judgment at Nuremberg". He found Schell to be "stunningly unprofessional" and "calculatingly rude".
• Spencer Tracy was offered but declined the role of Albrecht von Gerlach.
• Even though he was keen to work with Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas turned down the Maximilian Schell role.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $2,398,000
User reviews
A distant but compelling memory...
Deserves to be better known
Italian adaptation of the Jean-Paul Sartre play...
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
