Drama · Austria · 1948 · 1h 44m

The Trial

Der Prozeß

Director

Cast

Maria Eis as Witwe Solymosi Aglaja Schmid as Esther Solymosi, das verschwundene Mädchen Marianne Schönauer as Eötvös' Braut Ewald Balser as Dr. Eötvös Ernst Deutsch as Tempeldiener Scharf Josef Meinrad as Untersuchungsrichter Bary

Crew

Helmut Ashley — Director of Photography Oskar Schnirch — Director of Photography Anna Höllering — Editor Alois Melichar — Original Music Composer Rudolf Brunngraber — Writer Kurt Heuser — Writer

Synopsis

In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it.

Mood & Themes

hungary suspicion

Key Collaborators

G.W. Pabst Director Helmut Ashley Director of Photography Oskar Schnirch Director of Photography Anna Höllering Editor Alois Melichar Original Music Composer Rudolf Brunngraber Writer Kurt Heuser Writer Emmerich Robenz Writer J.A. Hübler-Kahla Producer

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