| Question 7 | |
| Director: | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Producer: | Lothar Wolff |
| Starring: | Michael Gwynn Margaret Jahnen |
| Music: | Hans-Martin Majewski |
| Cinematography: | Günther Senftleben |
| Editing: | Georges Klotz |
| Distributor: | Louis De Rochemont Associates (USA) UFA Film Hansa |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes |
| Country: | United States West Germany |
| Language: | English |
Question 7 is a 1961 American-West German film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Michael Gwynn, Margaret Jahnen and Christian de Bresson. It won the National Board of Review Award for Best Film. It was also entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
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 Socialist Unity 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.