Venus on Trial (German: Venus vor Gericht) 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 Nazi's campaign against degenerate art, and depicts the trial of a young artist who has resisted the trend towards it. The film was made by Bavaria Film at their Emelka Studios in Munich.
Hannes Stelzer: Peter Brake, Bildhauer
Hansi Knoteck as Charlotte Böller
Paul Dahlke as Gottlieb Böller, Bürgermeister
Siegfried Breuer as Benjamin Hecht, Kunsthändler
Charlott Daudert as Marianne
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Paul Dreysing, Zeichner
Josef Eichheim as Prof. Semmel, Bildhauer
Erhard Siedel as Der Kultusminister
Carl Wery as Der Oberstaatsanwalt
Hans Brausewetter as Der Staatsanwalt
Hubert von Meyerinck as Dr.Knarre, Sachverständiger
Justus Paris as Prof. Grimm, Sachverständiger
Fritz Reiff as Der Vorsitzende Richter
Peter Elsholtz as Der Verteidiger
Adolf Gondrell as Bronsky, Agent
Albert Hörrmann as Dr. Wertheimer, Referent des Kultusministers
Peter Pasetti as Parteigenosse
Liesl Karlstadt as Hausmädchen
Fritz Hoopts as Brinkmann, Gerichtsvollzieher
Eva Tinschmann as Rita, Empfangsdame
Carl Ballhaus as Alfred, Peters Freund
Heini Handschumacher as Reporter
Rudolf Vogel as Dr. Gerhard Hümmelmann
Heinrich Hauser as Obersturmbannführer Lotze
Gabriele Reismüller as Sekretärin
Charles Willy Kayser
Walter Lantzsch
Kurt Stieler
