In the Name of the People

Overview

In this German film, inmates guilty of a prison murder are put on trial before a court consisting of other inmates. The trial is given the full formal treatment it might receive in a civilian setting. The key point in this film is that these are the actual murderers admitting their actual crimes before a judges' panel consisting of their peers: actual prisoners at the same institution. Having no force of law, the trial proceeds without reaching a conclusion. That is something the viewer is asked to provide. This movie won a Silver Bear from the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 7, 1974

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Cast

Heinz-Dietrich Stark,Gerd Siekmann,Hajo Wandschneider

Director

Ottokar Runze

Writer

Ottokar Runze

Producer

Ottokar Runze

Cinematography

Michael Epp,Paul Ellmerer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0163003