Documentary · 1974 · 2h 8m

In the Name of the People

Im Namen des Volkes

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Director
Ottokar Runze
Cast
Gerd Siekmann as Richter Heinz-Dietrich Stark as Anstaltsleiter Hajo Wandschneider as Rechtsanwalt
Crew
Paul Ellmerer — Director of Photography Michael Epp — Director of Photography Ottokar Runze — Writer Ottokar Runze — Producer
Synopsis

In this German film, inmates guilty of a prison murder are put on trial before a court consisting of other inmates. The trial is given the full formal treatment it might receive in a civilian setting. The key point in this film is that these are the actual murderers admitting their actual crimes before a judges' panel consisting of their peers: actual prisoners at the same institution. Having no force of law, the trial proceeds without reaching a conclusion. That is something the viewer is asked to provide. This movie won a Silver Bear from the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.

Key Collaborators
Ottokar Runze Director Paul Ellmerer Director of Photography Michael Epp Director of Photography Ottokar Runze Writer Ottokar Runze Producer
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