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 (1948-03-05)
      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 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 blood libel.

      Cast

      • Ewald Balser as Dr. Eötvös
      • Marianne Schönauer as Dr. Eötvös' fiancee
      • Ernst Deutsch as Scharf, tempel 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 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
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      References

      1. ^ "Der Prozeß (1948)". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2009. 
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