The Original Sin

Nov 23, 1948

1h 45m

★ 7.3

Overview

An apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep and dreams of adventures as Adam and Eve in heaven and hell.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Bavaria Film

Camera-Filmproduktion

The Original Sin Trailers

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Cast

Adam Schmidt

Bobby Todd

Eva-Lilith

Irene von Meyendorff

Prof. Petri

Helmut Käutner

Barkeeper

Rudolf Vogel

Teufels Großmutter

Margarete Haagen

Dr. Lutz / Lucifer

Arno Assmann

Bum Krüger

Fräulein Seraphim

Thea Thiele

Portier

Willy Maertens

Eva Medier- Eden

Bettina Moissi

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6.8

Hells

Oct 18, 2008

Amagane Rinne had an accident and died while hurrying to school. She suddenly arrived in an awkward school... in Hell, filled with demons. While she is struggling and wishing to go back to the world whence she came from, she makes friends with her demon schoolmates and develops an uncommon bond.

3.0

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

Jan 20, 1960

A modern couple dream that they are Adam and Eve.

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6.0

Good Morning, Eve!

Sep 22, 1934

Adam and Eve are in the Garden of Eden preparing their latest meal. After the meal, they take a stroll through time. They make a few stops along the way for some musical interludes. These stops include in the Gardens of Emperor Nero of Rome for a concert circa 100 A.D., in King Arthur's court, and at a beach resort in current times.

0.0

Adam Meet Eve

May 1, 2018

In the beginning there was nothing, then God created existence, then Adam and it was going to be Adam's job to start the whole "procreation" thing, there was just one slight problem - Adam was going to need to talk to Eve first.

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Sep 28, 1966

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

2.0

Éden

Dec 11, 2009

No overview available.

0.0

Eden

Jul 1, 2021

Eden is the queer re-tale of Adam and Eve’s story in modern times. A visually striking story about first love situated in Berlin.

0.0

The Sapphic Evil Within

Jun 30, 2022

Eve’s temptation in the Garden of Eden by the sapphic serpent.

8.0

To Err

Oct 6, 2023

237 years after mankind's extinction, an android longs for a past it can never experience.

7.6

The Tragedy of Man

Nov 27, 2011

Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.

0.0

Eden

Mar 27, 2025

An experimental, mixed-media retelling of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve. Of course, when a story this old is told countless times throughout the centuries, a few important details are bound to get lost in translation...

3.5

The Serpent's Gift

Jan 1, 2019

In every man there lies a woman who can be awakened. The prohibited book De Serpentis Munere. Alchemical formulae able to change male DNA in female. Mysterious radioactive water. A biologist and a Vatican priest in search of the truth.

8.2

The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible

Jul 5, 1988

The three protagonists listen to a storyteller recount the creation as well as the Fall. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty after tricking a gardener into giving them fruit for free.

6.8

Thelma

Sep 15, 2017

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

6.2

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

Sep 16, 1994

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the darkness... Among them, a very old man. He reassures the child, exhorting him to see the wonders of the earth. And it is with this child's eyes that we will witness the creation of the world.

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0.0

Adam and Eve

Apr 6, 1969

A TV film based on single act drama written by Miroslav Krleza, that belongs to his expressionist phase. It was first published in 1922, and then regularly as a part of collection of plays called "Legends". By giving them this primordial biblical names, in this drama Krleza speaks about the intricate relation between two lovers, while interweaving reality and unreality, giving wider context of human relations to everything.

7.0

Declamation

Aug 6, 2022

After crossing the line and eating from the forbidden fruit, Gringa feels that she is being monitored by someone else. Soon she will encounter herself with the happiness, love, hate and violence that exists in the small utopic island she lives in, portraying a character she is not, and under the gaze of someone else.

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0.0

Eden

Dec 29, 2015

Korean illustrator Shinyoung Kim’s colourful take on the story of Adam and Eve, wonderfully matched to the sounds of Basenji’s “Dawn”.