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The Trial
In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it.
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In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Rudolf Brunngraber, Kurt Heuser, Emmerich Robenz
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Runtime:104 minutes
Studio:Österricheische Wochenschau und Filmproduktion AG
Cast
G.W. Pabst
Director
Maria Eis
Witwe Solymosi
Aglaja Schmid
Esther Solymosi, das verschwundene Mädchen
Marianne Schönauer
Eötvös' Braut
Ewald Balser
Dr. Eötvös
Ernst Deutsch
Tempeldiener Scharf
Josef Meinrad
Untersuchungsrichter Bary
Heinz Moog
Baron Ónódy
Hermann Thimig
Dorfrichter Farkas
Gustav Diessl
Staatsanwalt Both
Iván Petrovich
Staatsanwalt Egressy
Ernst Waldbrunn
Wollner
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