Council of the Gods
1950 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 153 VOTES · DIR. Kurt Maetzig
Overview
Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,164 lines
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00:00:01 COUNCIL OF THE GODS
00:06:05 Hitler can appreciate what we have done to pave the way.
00:09:46 - Have a look at this. - Very nice, indeed.
00:13:45 That's what politics does for you.
00:18:20 - How many of us? - I don't know.
00:22:14 My conquests were of a different kind. Big deals in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria.
00:26:00 Is it clear that it may last a while and take on major proportions?
00:29:39 You mean solemn, Miss Lawson?
00:34:06 Regroup stray comrades.
00:38:27 For as long as the U.S. wants our products.
00:44:09 Paul didn't dream it up.
00:49:30 - Like the Van Mayen? - A rare gem.
00:53:25 Say that again.
00:58:52 SURRENDER?
01:03:47 You see our new quarters.
01:07:38 Overruled! The patient is not fit to take the stand.
01:12:41 Why aren't you answering?
01:16:50 to hock America's credibility
01:22:01 - Dad just returned from Nuremberg. - That was a circus. Tell me about it.
01:26:04 Things humanity never dreamed of.
01:29:23 - Going full speed. - You'll find a job you like too.
01:36:57 - Give instructions. - Instructions?
01:41:06 Is it my fault an ether car exploded?
18:19:03 you observed an animal gassing.