The Trial

A sober, exhaustive procedural that asks you to sit with testimony and verdicts, weighing horror through documents and voices rather than spectacle.

Created by

Eberhard Fechner

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Jerzy Bossak, Simon Wiesenthal

Overview

In over eight years of research, "Der Prozess" follows the longest criminal proceedings in Germany′s legal history - the "Majdanek Trial". In interviews with judges, the accused, victims and eye witnesses, and with the use of documentary footage and reports, the film recounts (in three parts) the legal trials against the workers and perpetrators of the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp from the first day to the pronouncement of the judgment.

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Justice, war, death, memory

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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