---
title: 'Venus on Trial (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Heinz Zerlett'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/venus-on-trial-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034355/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Venus on Trial (1941)

1941 · 90 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Venus vor Gericht

## Synopsis

Venus on Trial is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck, and Paul Dahlke. The film was part of the Nazis' campaign against 'degenerate art', and depicts the trial of a young artist who has resisted the trend towards it.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Heinz Zerlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinz-zerlett)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Heinz Zerlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinz-zerlett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leo Leux](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-leux)
- **Producer:** [Ottmar Ostermayr](https://cinepixo.com/people/ottmar-ostermayr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oskar Schnirch](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-schnirch)

## Cast

- [Siegfried Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-breuer)
- [Liesl Karlstadt](https://cinepixo.com/people/liesl-karlstadt)
- [Hannes Stelzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-stelzer-2)
- [Adolf Gondrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-gondrell)
- [Walter Lantzsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lantzsch)
- [Heini Handschumacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/heini-handschumacher)
- [Ernst Fritz Fürbringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-fritz-furbringer)
- [Eva Tinschmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-tinschmann)
- [Charles Willy Kayser](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-willy-kayser)
- [Carl Balhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-balhaus)
- [Charlott Daudert](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlott-daudert)
- [Justus Paris](https://cinepixo.com/people/justus-paris)
- [Carl Wery](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-wery)
- [Gabriele Reismüller](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriele-reismuller)
- [Peter Elsholtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-elsholtz)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/venus-on-trial-1941
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