Interrogating the Witnesses (1987)
A teenager is found murdered, and the examining doctor recognizes her son's knife. The film works its way back to reveal how this situation came about; a rare treatment of the taboo subject of youth criminality in Socialist society.
Director: Gunther Scholz
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René Steinke as Max Klapproth |
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Mario Gericke as Rainer Gebhard |
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Anne Kasprik as Viola |
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Christine Schorn as Beate Klapproth |
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Franz Viehmann as Gunnar Strach |
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Günter Junghans as Herr Gebhard |
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Petra Kelling as Frau Gebhard |
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Johanna Schall as Frau Schulenburg |
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Gudrun Okras as Oma Lotte |
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Werner Godemann as |
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Henry Hübchen as |
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Gerd Preusche as |
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Dieter Unruh as |
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Cornelia Schirmer as Zweite Jugendliche |
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Hendrik Duryn as |
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Thomas Laudzim as |
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Claudia Geisler-Bading as |
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Katrin Schwingel as |
| Directing | Gunther Scholz | Director |
| Writing | Inge Meyer | Story |
| Editing | Christine Schöne | Editor |
| Writing | Gunther Scholz | Writer |
| Writing | Manfred Richter | Writer |
| Sound | Friedbert Wissmann | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Konrad Walle | Sound |
| Art | Harry Leupold | Production Design |
| Production | Fritz Frost | Production Manager |
| Directing | Mathias Schubert | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Claus Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elke Hersmann | Costume Design |