The Trial (1948 film)

The Trial
Directed by	Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Produced by	J. A. Hübler-Kahla
Written by	Rudolf Brunngraber Kurt Heuser Emmerich Robenz
Starring	Ewald Balser
Cinematography	Helmut Ashley Oskar Schnirch
Editing by	Anna Höllering
Release date(s)	5 March 1948
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The Trial (German: Der Prozeß) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. At the 1948 Venice 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 blood libel.

Cast

• Ewald Balser – Dr. Eötvös
• Marianne Schönauer – Dr. Eötvös' fiancee
• Ernst Deutsch – Scharf, tempel servant
• Rega Hafenbrödl – his wife
• Albert Truby – Moritz, his son
• Heinz Moog – Baron Onody
• Maria Eis – Widow Solymosi
• Aglaja Schmid – Esther, her daughter
• Ida Russka – Bäurin Batori, Esther's employer
• Iván Petrovich – Egressy, prosecutor
• Gustav Diessl – Both, prosecutor
• Fritz Hinz-Fabricius – Judge
• Josef Meinrad – Bary, investigating judge

References

1. ^ "Der Prozeß (1948)". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/132583/Der-Prozess/details. Retrieved 13 September 2009. 

External links

• Der Prozeß (1948) at the Internet Movie Database