Film · Crime, Drama
Carnival Confession (1960)
During the 1913 carnival, a man is stabbed to death in the confessional of Mainz Cathedral: Ferdinand Dörfler was the illegitimate son of the businessman Panezza, who never confessed to him. Ferdinand's brother Clemens is accused of fratricide by his own mother. The young Viola, who had come to Mainz from Italy, makes a confession: she loved Ferdinand and had been abandoned by him. Lolfo, who was unconditionally devoted to her, pursued Ferdinand and killed him. Lolfo commits suicide.
- Director
- William Dieterle
- Writers
- Kurt Heuser, Carl Zuckmayer
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- September 14, 1960
- Original title
- Die Fastnachtsbeichte
Cast
Hans SöhnkerPanezza
Gitty DjamalViola
Götz GeorgeClemens
Christian WolffJeanmarie
Berta DrewsFrau Bäumler
Hilde HildebrandMme. Guttier
Grit BoettcherBertel- Ursula HeyerRosa
- Helga SchlackBettine
Rainer BrandtFerdinand Bäumler
Wolfgang VölzRegierungsassessor- Ernst NegerSänger
Friedrich Domin
Helga Tölle
Herbert Tiede- Milena von Eckhardt
Albert Bessler- Harry Engel
