Main Cast: Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen, John Ruddock, Leo Bieber
Release Year: 1961
Country: US/WG
Run Time: 107 minutes
Plot
Christian de Bresson plays the son of East German minister Michael Gwynn. The Communist regime has decreed that all children of "dissidents" will be denied entry in a prestigious music conservatory. Anxious to be accepted, young de Bresson prepares to answer the seven questions required by the conservatory, the seventh of which will require him to deny his religious convictions. Before this can happen, the boy is invited by the Communist Party to perform at the Berlin Youth Festival. The boy's father protests, knowing that the Communists intend to use his son as a political pawn, to "prove" to the world that East Germany affords equal rights to persons of the cloth. It is de Bresson himself who decides to quit the Festival and defect to the West. Financed by Lutheran Film Associates, Question 7 was given an honored showcase by the Berlin Film Festival--held, of course, in the western sector. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Erik Schumann - Rolf Starke; Fritz Wepper - Heinz Dehmert; Eduard Linkers - Otto Zingler; Philo Hauser - Barber; Manfred Furst - Prof. Stefl; Sigurd Lohde - Herr Kesselmaier; Erik Jelde - A.A. Tritschler; Helmo Kinderman - Luedtke; Günter Meisner - Schmidt; Stefan Schnabel; Hans Schumm; William Trenk; Gerd Vespermann; Don McDowell; Jimmy Cassidy; Reginald Pasch; Max Buchsbaum - Police Inspector Hermann; Rolf VonNauckhoff - Karl Marschall; Nora Minor
Credit
Dieter Bartels - Art Director, Robert E.A. Lee - Co-producer, Stuart Rosenberg - Director, Georges Klotz - Editor, Hans-Martin Majewski - Composer (Music Score), Gunther Senftleben - Cinematographer, Lothar Wolff - Producer, Allan Sloane - Screenwriter
In post-war East Germany, Peter Gottfried is the son of minister Friedrich Gottfried. The Communist regime has decreed that all children of "dissidents" will be denied entry to a prestigious music conservatory. Peter is anxious to be accepted, and in order to get in he prepares to answer the seven questions required by the conservatory, the seventh of which will require him to deny his religious convictions. Before this can happen, he is invited by the Communist Party to perform at the Berlin Youth Festival. Friedrich protests, knowing that the Communists intend to use his son as a political pawn, to "prove" to the world that East Germany affords equal rights to clergymen. In the end, it is Peter himself who decides to quit the Festival and defect to the West.
