---
title: 'The Beginning Was Sin (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'František Čáp'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-beginning-was-sin-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Beginning Was Sin (1954)

1954 · 96 min · Drama · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Germany

Original title: Am Anfang war es Sünde

## Synopsis

The Beginning Was Sin is a 1954 West German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Ruth Niehaus, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.

## Credits

- **Director:** [František Čáp](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-cap)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bojan Adamič](https://cinepixo.com/people/bojan-adamic)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Stephan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-stephan)
- **Editor:** [Ira Oberberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-oberberg)

## Cast

- [Viktor Staal](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-staal)
- [Laya Raki](https://cinepixo.com/people/laya-raki)
- [Edith Schultze-Westrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-schultze-westrum)
- [Franz Muxeneder](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-muxeneder)
- [Ruth Niehaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-niehaus)
- [Petra Unkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-unkel)
- [Peter Carsten](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-carsten)
- [Hansi Knoteck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansi-knoteck)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q55666958); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.