The Trial (German: Der Prozeß) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by G. W. 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 affair.[2]

The Trial
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Directed byG. W. Pabst
Written byEmmerich Roboz [hu]
Screenplay byRudolf Brunngraber
Kurt Heuser
Emeric Roboz
Produced byJohann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
StarringEwald Balser
CinematographyHelmut Ashley
Oskar Schnirch
Edited byAnna Höllering [de]
Music byAlois Melichar
Release date
  • 5 March 1948 (1948-03-05)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

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  1. ^ "Venice Film Festival 1948". Film Affinity. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ Lisa Silverman (April 2017). "Absent Jews and Invisible Antisemitism in Postwar Vienna: Der Prozeß (1948) and The Third Man (1949)". Journal of Contemporary History. 52 (2): 211–228 (214). doi:10.1177/0022009417696452. JSTOR 44504013 – via academia.edu.
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