The Trial (1948 film)

The Trial
Film poster
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	5 March 1948 (1948-03-05)
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]

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

1. "Venice Film Festival 1948". Film Affinity. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
2. 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.

External links

• Der Prozeß (1948) at IMDb
• The Trial at AllMovie