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On Trial

Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Written by	Julien Duvivier
Produced by	Franco London Films, Jolly Film
Starring	Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Madeleine Robinson
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Marthe Poncin
Music by	Pierre Larrieu Georges Van Parys
Color process	Black and white
Production companies	Franco London Films Jolly Film
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	4 June 1954 (1954-06-04)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

On Trial (French: L'Affaire Maurizius; Italian: Il caso Mauritius) is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann.

Synopsis

Etzel, the son of the great prosecutor Andergast, wants to examine the file for the Maurizius case, eighteen years prior, in which the accused was condemned on the basis of suppositions. This case allowed his father's career to progress rapidly, but Etzel has some doubts.

Cast

Daniel Gélin : Léonard Maurizius
Madeleine Robinson : Elisabeth Maurizius
Anton Walbrook: Grégoire Waremme
Charles Vanel : Wolf Andergast
Eleonora Rossi Drago : Anna Jahn
Bernard Musson : le greffier
Jean d'Yd : le président
Jacques Varennes : le juge d'instruction
Claude Arlay
Pierre Asso : Le maître-chanteur
Paola Borboni : Mme Bobika
Berthe Bovy : La grand-mère
Jacques Chabassol : Etzel
Denis d'Inès : M. Maurizius
Jane Faber : La gouvernante
Annie Fargue
Jim Gérald : Le professeur
Harry-Max : L'avocat
Daniel Mendaille
Pierre Palau : Le conseiller
Joseph Palau-Fabre
Sandro Ruffini
Aldo Silvani
Claude Sylvain : Mélita

References

"L'Affaire Maurizius". cinematheque.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-07.

External links

On Trial at IMDb

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Filmography
The Agony of the Eagles (1922) The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922) The Abbot Constantine (1925) The Red Head (1925) The Man with the Hispano (1926) The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927) The Maelstrom of Paris (1928) The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928) The Divine Voyage (1929) La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930) David Golder (1931) Moon Over Morocco (1931) Here's Berlin (1932) The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932) The Red Head (1932) A Man's Neck (1933) The Little King (1933) Maria Chapdelaine (1934) Golgotha (1935) La Bandera (1935) Le Golem (1936) They Were Five (1936) The Man of the Hour (1937) Pépé le Moko (1937) Life Dances On (1937) The Great Waltz (1938) The End of the Day (1939) The Phantom Carriage (1939) Lydia (1941) Tales of Manhattan (1942) The Heart of a Nation (1943) Flesh and Fantasy (1943) The Impostor (1944) Panique (1946) Anna Karenina (1948) The Sinners (1949) Black Jack (1950) Under the Sky of Paris (1951) Little World of Don Camillo (1952) Holiday for Henrietta (1952) The Return of Don Camillo (1953) On Trial (1954) Marianne of My Youth (1955) Deadlier Than the Male (1956) The Man in the Raincoat (1957) Lovers of Paris (1957) The Female (1959) Marie-Octobre (1959) The High Life (1960) Boulevard (1960) The Burning Court (1962) The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) Highway Pick-Up (1963) Diabolically Yours (1967)

Films directed by Julien Duvivier

Filmography

The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
The Abbot Constantine (1925)
The Red Head (1925)
The Man with the Hispano (1926)
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1928)
The Divine Voyage (1929)
La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
David Golder (1931)
Moon Over Morocco (1931)
Here's Berlin (1932)
The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
The Red Head (1932)
A Man's Neck (1933)
The Little King (1933)
Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
Golgotha (1935)
La Bandera (1935)
Le Golem (1936)
They Were Five (1936)
The Man of the Hour (1937)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Life Dances On (1937)
The Great Waltz (1938)
The End of the Day (1939)
The Phantom Carriage (1939)
Lydia (1941)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
The Heart of a Nation (1943)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
The Impostor (1944)
Panique (1946)
Anna Karenina (1948)
The Sinners (1949)
Black Jack (1950)
Under the Sky of Paris (1951)
Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
On Trial (1954)
Marianne of My Youth (1955)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Lovers of Paris (1957)
The Female (1959)
Marie-Octobre (1959)
The High Life (1960)
Boulevard (1960)
The Burning Court (1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Highway Pick-Up (1963)
Diabolically Yours (1967)

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