Die Sünderin is a German film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 by the director Willi Forst

Willi Forst

Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer...

  produced in 1950. The title role was played by Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was a German actress, singer and writer. She was billed in some English language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff.-Early years:...

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Plot

It is a love story between a prostitute and an artist. It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity

Nudity

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, suicide

Suicide

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 and euthanasia

Euthanasia

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. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions by the politicians and the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film

History of film

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External links

• Die Sünderin at imdb.com