Janus Head

Kurt Maetzig

1972•95 min.•

East Germany

World-famous geneticist Professor Hülsenbeck is a man of integrity who refuses to mix science and political gain. When his findings are being used to harm humanity, he immigrates to the USA in 1933 in protest against Nazi racial politics.

Drama

Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dr. Brock
Katja Paryla
Vera Brock
Viktor Avdyushko
Slatkow
Galina Polskikh
Walja Slatkowa
Norbert Christian
Professor Hülsenbeck
Mathilde Danegger
Clara Hülsenbeck
VM
Valeria Marian
Kari
Fred Delmare
Professor Bergmann
DG
Daniela Golz
Baby
WE
Werner Ehrlicher
Werner Bengsdorf
Ursula Am-Ende
Gerti Bengsdorf
HH
Harald Hauser
Rice
Frank Beyer
Parker
GD
Günter Drescher
Taxichaffeur
Tamara Sovchi
Braut

Crew

Kurt Maetzig
Directing
WB
Werner Bergmann
Camera
JB
Jürgen Brauer
Camera
CD
Christiane Dorst
Costume & Make-Up
BK
Brigitte Krex
Editing
KS
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Sound
HB
Heike Bauersfeld
Art
IP
Ingeborg Pfenniger
Costume & Make-Up
HS
Hans-Günter Schulz
Costume & Make-Up
HS
Helfried Schreiter
Writing
HP
Hans-Albert Pederzani
Writing