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Murer - Anatomie eines Prozesses

Support :	AFS
Director(s):	Chrisitan Frosch
Producer(s):	PAUL THILTGES DISTRIBUTIONS Prisma Film- & Fernsehproduktion (AT)
Script:	Christian Frosch
Year:	2018
Form:	FICTION - Feature film
Genre:	Drama
Original version:	German, English, Yiddish
Running time:	137'
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Synopsis

On the basis of original records, MURER – ANATOMY OF A TRIAL reconstructs the 1963 proceedings against Franz Murer, a wealthy Austrian farmer with a sterling reputation, that took place in Graz.
This respected local politician and family man was in charge of the Vilnius ghetto from 1941 to 1943, where its residents called him the “Butcher of Vilnius.” Solely 600 of the 80,000 Jews who originally lived there survived Nazi rule.
Survivors came from around the world to testify at the trial, leaving little doubt of Murer’s guilt. This resulted in one of the most serious scandals of Austria’s Second Republic for which the justice system, press and governmental policy were responsible.
In an era of nationalism on the rise and less reserve in the face of ideologies that supposedly were defeated long ago, the Murer case is depressingly topical. The film shows how little weight truth and justice possess when competing with the interests of political power.

Casting

Luc Feit, Sarah Lamesch, Marco Lorenzini, Mickey Hardt, Tommy Schlesser, Karl Fischer, Alexander E. Fennon, Karl Markovics, Doval'e Glickman

Crew

Paul Anselme (Music score), Angelo Dos Santos (Sound designer), Fredo Roeser (Key make-up artist), Pascal Charlier (Key grip)

Nominations & Awards

- Grand Diagonale Prize for Best Feature Film, 2018
- Best Supporting Actress and Best Feature Film winner at Austrian Film Award, AT 2019
- Best Politicial Film Winner at Cinepolitica International Film Festival 2019

Contacts producers

Paul Thiltges Distributions
T +352 25 03 93

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