The Trial | |
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Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
Written by | Emmerich Roboz [hu] |
Screenplay by | Rudolf Brunngraber Kurt Heuser Emeric Roboz |
Produced by | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla |
Starring | Ewald Balser |
Cinematography | Helmut Ashley Oskar Schnirch |
Edited by | Anna Höllering [de] |
Music by | Alois Melichar |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | German |
The Trial (German: Der Prozeß) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. At the 9th Venice International Film Festival, Pabst won the Award for Best Director; Ernst Deutsch won the award for Best Actor and the Volpi Cup. The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár affair.
Plot summary
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Cast
- Ewald Balser as Dr. Eötvös
- Marianne Schönauer as Dr. Eötvös' fiancée
- Ernst Deutsch as Scharf, temple servant
- Rega Hafenbrödl as his wife
- Albert Truby as Moritz, his son
- Heinz Moog as Baron Onody
- Maria Eis as Widow Solymosi
- Aglaja Schmid as Esther, her daughter
- Ida Russka [de; it] as Bäurin (farmer) Batori, Esther's employer
- Iván Petrovich as Egressy, prosecutor
- Gustav Diessl as Both, prosecutor
- Fritz Hinz-Fabricius [de] as Judge
- Josef Meinrad as Bary, investigating judge
References
- "Venice Film Festival 1948". Film Affinity. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- Lisa Silverman (April 2017). "Absent Jews and Invisible Antisemitism in Postwar Vienna: Der Prozeß (1948) and The Third Man (1949)". Journal of Contemporary History. 52 (2): 211–228 (214). doi:10.1177/0022009417696452. JSTOR 44504013 – via academia.edu.
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