| The Trial | |
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| Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
| Written by | Emmerich Roboz |
| 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 |
| Music by | Alois Melichar |
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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.[1] The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár affair.[2]
Plot summary[edit]
Cast[edit]
- 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 as Bäurin (farmer) Batori, Esther's employer
- Iván Petrovich as Egressy, prosecutor
- Gustav Diessl as Both, prosecutor
- Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Judge
- Josef Meinrad as Bary, investigating judge
References[edit]
- ^ "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). JSTOR 44504013 – via academia.edu.
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