The Beginning Was Sin

The Beginning Was Sin (German: Am Anfang war es Sünde) is a 1954 West-German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by František Čáp and starring Ruth Niehaus, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Mirko Lipuzic.

Cast

 * Ruth Niehaus as Rosalia
 * Viktor Staal as Jacob, farmer
 * Hansi Knoteck as Anna, his wife
 * Peter Carsten as Marko, farmworker
 * Laya Raki as gypsy dancer
 * Edith Schultze-Westrum as Rosalia's mother
 * Franz Muxeneder as Toni, farmworker
 * Zvonimir Rogoz
 * Petra Unkel as Therese, maid
 * Olga Bedjanic as Dora
 * Frane Milčinski
 * Lojze Potokar
 * Hans Pössenbacher as farmer
 * Mila Kacic
 * Boris Kralj