---
title: 'The Condemned Village (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Hellberg'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-condemned-village-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045290/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Condemned Village (1952)

1952 · 107 min · German Democratic Republic, Germany

Original title: Das verurteilte Dorf

## Synopsis

The Condemned Village is a 1952 East German propaganda film directed by Martin Hellberg.The film is about a man who returns from a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp to his home village in occupied West Germany and leads a resistance to the American military's plans to demolish the village to build an airfield. The film was commissioned to build East German opposition to the United States and support for the Soviet Union during the early Cold War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Hellberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-hellberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Kurt Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-stern), [Jeanne Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-stern)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernst Roters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-roters)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joachim Hasler](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-hasler)
- **Editor:** [Johanna Rosinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-rosinski)

## Cast

- [Harry Riebauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-riebauer)
- [Marga Legal](https://cinepixo.com/people/marga-legal)
- [Günther Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-simon)
- [Reimar Johannes Baur](https://cinepixo.com/people/reimar-johannes-baur)
- [Lutz Götz](https://cinepixo.com/people/lutz-gotz)
- [Karl Heinz Deickert](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-deickert)
- [Aribert Grimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/aribert-grimmer)
- [Helga Göring](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-goring)
- [Paul R. Henker](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-r-henker)
- [Willi Narloch](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-narloch)
- [Barbara Adolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-adolph)
- [Karl Brenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-brenk)
- [Albert Garbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-garbe)
- [Jean Brahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-brahn)
- [Hans Finohr](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-finohr)

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