Question 7 is a 1961

1961 in film

The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:* Atlantis, the Lost ContinentB...

 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director whose notable works included the movies Cool Hand Luke , Voyage of the Damned , The Amityville Horror , and The Pope of Greenwich Village .-Early life and career:Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Rosenberg studied Irish...

 and starring Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn was an English actor. He attended Mayfield College near Mayfield, East Sussex. During the Second World War he served in East Africa as a major and was adjutant to the 2nd Battalion of the King's African Rifles.He is perhaps best remembered in contemporary culture as the shyster Lord...

, Margaret Jahnen and Christian de Bresson. It won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film

National Board of Review Award for Best Film

The National Board of Review Award for Best Film is one of the awards given to either the director or producer of a film by the American National Board of Review.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...

. It was also entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival

11th Berlin International Film Festival

The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 23 to July 4, 1961.-Jury:* James Quinn * France Roche* Marc Turfkruyer* Satyajit Ray* Gian Luigi Rondi* Hirosugu Ozaki* Nicholas Ray* Falk Harnack* Hans Schaarwächter...

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Plot

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.

Cast

• Michael Gwynn
  Michael Gwynn
  Michael Gwynn was an English actor. He attended Mayfield College near Mayfield, East Sussex. During the Second World War he served in East Africa as a major and was adjutant to the 2nd Battalion of the King's African Rifles.He is perhaps best remembered in contemporary culture as the shyster Lord...
  
   as Friedrich Gottfried
• Margaret Jahnen as Gerda Gottfried
• Christian De Bresson as Peter Gottfried
• Almut Eggert as Anneliese Zingler
• Erik Schumann
  Erik Schumann
  Erik Schumann was a German actor. He appeared in 100 films and television shows between 1942 and 1997...
  
   as Rolf Starke
• Max Buchsbaum as Inspector Hermann
• John Ruddock
  John Ruddock
  John Ruddock was a Peruvian-born British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Escape to Danger * The Way Ahead * Waltz Time * Pink String and Sealing Wax * Lisbon Story...
  
   as Martin Kraus
• Leo Bieber as Herr Rettmann
• Fritz Wepper
  Fritz Wepper
  Fritz Wepper is a German television actor.- Life and work :He has been married to Angela Prinzessin von Hohenzollern since 1979, and they have one daughter, Sophie...
  
   as Heinz Dehmert
• Eduard Linkers
  Eduard Linkers
  Eduard Linkers was an Austrian actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1936 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* Men Without Wings * Krakatit * Question 7 * The Marquise of O...
  
   as Otto Zingler
• Marianne Schubarth as Marta Zingler
• Philo Hauser as Barber
• Rolf von Nauckhoff as Karl Marschall
• Helmo Kindermann as Luedtke
• Manfred Fuerst as Professor Steffl