The Trial (1948 film)
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The Trial is a 1948
Austrian
drama film
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
. At the 1948 Venice Film Festival
, Pabst won the Award for Best Director; Ernst Deutsch
won the award for Best Actor and the Volpi Cup
. The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár blood libel
.
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
Austrian
Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
. At the 1948 Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
, Pabst won the Award for Best Director; Ernst Deutsch
Ernst Deutsch
Ernst Deutsch aka Ernest Dorian was an Austrian actor. In 1916 he played the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden to great acclaim...
won the award for Best Actor and the Volpi Cup
Volpi Cup
The Volpi Cups are the principal awards given to actors at the Venice Film Festival. Formal acting awards were introduced in the second festival . Initially they were called Great Gold Medals of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment. The name Volpi Cup was introduced the following year...
. The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár blood libel
Tiszaeszlár blood libel
The Tiszaeszlár Affair, was an accusation of ritual murder against Jews in Hungary, which led to a trial that set off anti-semitic agitation in 1882 and 1883.-Origin of the accusation:...
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Cast
- Ewald BalserEwald BalserEwald Balser was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1935 and 1975.He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria.-Selected filmography:* The Trial * Eroica...
– Dr. Eötvös - Marianne Schönauer – Dr. Eötvös' fiancee
- Ernst DeutschErnst DeutschErnst Deutsch aka Ernest Dorian was an Austrian actor. In 1916 he played the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden to great acclaim...
– Scharf, tempel servant - Rega Hafenbrödl – his wife
- Albert Truby – Moritz, his son
- Heinz Moog – Baron Onody
- Maria EisMaria EisMaria Eis was an Austrian actress of stage and screen.Between 1918 and 1923 Eis performed on stage at the Neue Wiener Bühne , the Renaissancebühne and the Kammerspielen...
– Widow Solymosi - Aglaja Schmid – Esther, her daughter
- Ida Russka – Bäurin Batori, Esther's employer
- Iván PetrovichIván PetrovichIván Petrovich was a silent-and-sound motion picture Serbian actor....
– Egressy, prosecutor - Gustav DiesslGustav DiesslGustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.-Biography:Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I...
– Both, prosecutor - Fritz Hinz-Fabricius – Judge
- Josef MeinradJosef MeinradJosef Meinrad was an Austrian actor.Josef Meinrad was born Josef Moučka in Vienna, as the fourth and youngest child of the tramdriver Franz Moučka and his second wife Katharina. For his secondary education, he received a scholarship in a school run by Redemptorists in Katzelsdorf near Wiener...
– Bary, investigating judge