In the Name of the People (1974)
In this German film, inmates guilty of a prison murder are put on trial before a court consisting of other inmates. The trial is given the full formal treatment it might receive in a civilian setting. The key point in this film is that these are the actual murderers admitting their actual crimes before a judges' panel consisting of their peers: actual prisoners at the same institution. Having no force of law, the trial proceeds without reaching a conclusion. That is something the viewer is asked to provide. This movie won a Silver Bear from the 1974 Berlin Film Festival.
Director: Ottokar Runze
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Gerd Siekmann as Richter |
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Heinz-Dietrich Stark as Anstaltsleiter |
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Hajo Wandschneider as Rechtsanwalt |
| Directing | Ottokar Runze | Director |
| Production | Ottokar Runze | Producer |
| Writing | Ottokar Runze | Writer |
| Camera | Paul Ellmerer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michael Epp | Director of Photography |
