MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for Grüningers Fall

Grüningers Fall

1998 · 100 min

A sober, quietly devastating documentary that reconstructs a moral reckoning through testimony, leaving you with a slow-burning sense of injustice.

Directed by
Richard Dindo
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The Grüninger case from Switzerland. This is a documentary about a police officer who showed civil courage back in the forties when he led many refugees fleeing German Nazi terror immigrate to Switzerland, although he was advised not to do so. Grüninger later was sued by the state of Switzerland, lost his job and died in the early seventies. The film constructs a just lawsuit with eye-witnesses and thus fully legitimates what Grüninger did.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Richard Dindo
Genres
Documentary
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • justice
    • corruption
    • morality
    • survival
    • betrayal
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

    More like this

    Titles like Grüningers Fall

    Short film

    Vacation in Sylt

    1957

    A sober, quietly angry short documentary that assembles evidence and testimony into a pointed indictment, asking the viewer to sit with uncomfortable facts.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    19 min
    Details
    Vacation in SyltHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Schweizer im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg

    1974

    A sober, talk-heavy oral history that asks patience and rewards it with quiet moral weight.

    Same director: Richard Dindo · About betrayal · documentary

    Also
    Same director: Richard Dindo
    Via
    • betrayal
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    87 min
    Details
    Schweizer im Spanischen BürgerkriegHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Sannhetsjegeren

    2009

    A sober, methodical documentary that follows one man's quiet persistence against a miscarriage of justice, rewarding patient attention.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    86 min
    Details
    SannhetsjegerenHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Fortress

    2008

    A patient, quietly heavy observational watch that sits with waiting people and asks you to hold their uncertainty without relief.

    About justice and survival · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • survival
    • documentary
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    104 min
    Details
    The FortressHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    One Life

    2023

    A quietly powerful true story that moves between past and present, leaving you deeply moved by one man's quiet heroism.

    About justice and survival · true story

    Via
    • justice
    • survival
    • true story
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    109 min
    Details
    One LifeHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Accountant of Auschwitz

    2018

    A sober, quietly harrowing documentary that weighs memory and moral responsibility, asking hard questions without easy answers.

    About justice and morality · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • morality
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    78 min
    Details
    The Accountant of AuschwitzHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    P.S. to The Laughing Man

    1966

    A sober, quietly furious documentary that lays out evidence with cold patience, letting testimony and archival images build a slow sense of moral indictment.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    60 min
    Details
    P.S. to The Laughing ManHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The People vs. Agent Orange

    2020

    A sober, quietly furious documentary that walks you through decades of corporate cover-up and personal cost.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    86 min
    Details
    The People vs. Agent OrangeHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil

    2016

    A sober, methodical investigation that uncovers buried cruelty, leaving a heavy sense of injustice and quiet outrage.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    79 min
    Details
    Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of BrazilHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Bajo el mismo sol

    2009

    A sober, globe-spanning documentary that follows victims seeking justice, feeling heavy and procedural but quietly resolute.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    70 min
    Details
    Bajo el mismo solHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Waldheim Waltz

    2018

    A sober, quietly furious archival essay that assembles old footage into a slow reckoning with national denial.

    About justice and corruption · documentary

    Via
    • justice
    • corruption
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    93 min
    Details
    The Waldheim WaltzHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    Nina's Children

    2015

    A quiet, personal documentary that traces family history through wartime displacement, feeling tender and sorrowful without ever becoming heavy-handed.

    About survival · documentary

    Via
    • survival
    • documentary
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    80 min
    Details
    Nina's ChildrenHidden from your suggestions.

    Where to watch in the UK

    No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

    Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Richard Dindo
    Written by
    Richard Dindo
    Cinematography
    Rainer M. Trinkler, Pio Corradi
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    Switzerland
    Languages
    German

    TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata