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Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.
Keywords
frankfurt/oder
auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
historical drama
1960s
courtroom drama
Casts

Rainer Bock
Richter

Clemens Schick
Ankläger

Bernhard Schütz
Verteidiger

Christian Kaiser
Zeuge 1

Dirk Ossig
Zeuge 2

Arno Frisch
Zeuge 3

Elisabeth Duda
Zeugin 4

Nicolette Krebitz
Zeugin 5

Attila Borlan
Zeuge 6

Robert Mika
Zeuge 7

Marcel Hensema
Zeuge 8

Christiane Paul
Zeugin 9

Barbara Philipp
Zeugin 10

Klaudiusz Kaufmann
Zeuge 11

Marc Fischer
Zeuge 12

Andreas Anke
Zeuge 13

Dorka Gryllus
Zeugin 14

Marek Harloff
Zeuge 15

André Szymanski
Zeuge 16

Sabine Timoteo
Zeugin 17

Eva Maria Jost
Zeugin 18

Peter Lohmeyer
Zeuge 19

Thomas Meinhardt
Zeuge 20

Marco Hofschneider
Zeuge 21

Matthias Zera
Zeuge 22

Rony Herman
Zeuge 23

Axel Moustache
Zeuge 24

André Hennicke
Zeuge 25

Karl Markovics
Zeuge 26

Philipp Avdeev
Zeuge 27

Mark Zak
Zeuge 28

Ralph Schicha
Zeuge 29

Andreas Schröders
Zeuge 30

René Ifrah
Zeuge 31

Axel Sichrovsky
Zeuge 32

Peter Schneider
Zeuge 33

Jiří Mádl
Zeuge 34
Andreas Lechner
Zeuge 35

Axel Pape
Zeuge 36

Andreas Pietschmann
Zeuge 37

Tom Wlaschiha
Zeuge 38

Robert Hunger-Bühler
Zeuge 39

Wilfried Hochholdinger
Angeklagter 1 Mulka
Thomas Dehler
Angeklagter 2 Boger

Michael Rotschopf
Angeklagter 3 Dr. Capesius

Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Angeklagter 4 Dr. Frank

Christian Hockenbrink
Angeklagter 5 Dr. Schatz

Christian Pfeil
Angeklagter 6 Dr. Lucas

Tristan Seith
Angeklagter 7 Kaduk

Torsten Ranft
Angeklagter 8 Hofmann

Ronald Kukulies
Angeklagter 9 Klehr

Michael Schenk
Angeklagter 10 Scherpe

Frank Röth
Angeklagter 11 Hantl

Nico Ehrenteit
Angeklagter 12 Stark

Adam Venhaus
Angeklagter 13 Baretzki
Till Wonka
Angeklagter 14 Schlage

Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
Angeklagter 15 Bischof

Timo Jacobs
Angeklagter 16 Broad

Lasse Myhr
Angeklagter 17 Breitwieser
Maciej Salamon
Angeklagter 18 Bednarek
Crews

Rolf Peter Kahl
Director
Anne Fabini
Editor

Alexander van Dülmen
Producer
Marc Schötteldreier
Casting
Thomas Rhode
Line Producer
Guido Frenzel
Director of Photography
Friede Springer
Co-Producer
Peter R. Adam
Editor
Christoph Strothjohann
Editor

Peter Weiss
Theatre Play
Nina Peller
Art Direction
Bettina Klömpken
Costume Design

Rolf Peter Kahl
Writer

Alexander van Dülmen
Writer
Peer Langemak
Gaffer
Kerstin Riek
Makeup Designer
Christoph Gampl
Co-Director
Oliver Weißler
Sound
Jürgen Schulz
Sound Designer
Matthias Schwab
Sound Mixer
Jenny Vogt
Production Manager
Christian A. Buschhoff
Technical Supervisor
Cynthia Buchheim
Assistant Director
Lou Wildemann
Script Supervisor
Sabine Blasczyk
Camera Operator
Thomas Falk
Camera Operator
Frank Hilmer
Camera Operator
Miriam Kolesnyk
Camera Operator
Jörg Müller
Camera Operator
Philip Müller
Camera Operator
Tilman Büttner
Steadycam
Sven Ulrich
Camera Operator
Jakob Brunert
Lighting Technician
Tobias Grabosch
Lighting Technician
Axel Hamann
Lighting Technician
Eva Kinader
Lighting Technician
Christian Blaschke
Lighting Director
Ralf Dornig
Gaffer
Marcel Bang
Assistant Production Manager
Christoph Gampl
Camera Operator
Fred Kogel
Production Manager
Claudia Gittel
Digital Colorist
Emily Schumann
Assistant Costume Designer
Nina Ballhause
Costume Consultant
Matti Gajek
Original Music Composer
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