---
title: 'Das schwarze Schaf (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Helmut Ashley'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/das-schwarze-schaf-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054281/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Das schwarze Schaf (1960)

1960 · 90 min · Comedy, Mystery · Germany


## Synopsis

The Black Sheep is a 1960 German krimi mystery film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karl Schönböck and Maria Sebaldt. It is loosely based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown manages to demonstrate the innocence of a man accused of murder by finding the real culprit. Rühmann reprised the role in He Can't Stop Doing It in 1962.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Helmut Ashley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-ashley)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Jacoby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jacoby), [G. K. Chesterton](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-k-chesterton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martin Böttcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-bottcher)
- **Producer:** [Wilhelm Utermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-utermann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Erich Claunigk](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-claunigk)
- **Editor:** [Walter Boos](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-boos)

## Cast

- [Karl Schönböck](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-schonbock)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Friedrich Domin](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-domin)
- [Fritz Rasp](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-rasp)
- [Gernot Duda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gernot-duda)
- [Maria Sebaldt](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-sebaldt)
- [Wolf Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-petersen)
- [Siegfried Lowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-lowitz)
- [Herbert Tiede](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-tiede)
- [Lina Carstens](https://cinepixo.com/people/lina-carstens)
- [Hans Leibelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-leibelt)
- [E. O. Fuhrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-o-fuhrmann)

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