Chronicle of a Murder

(1965)

★ 7 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1965

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: East Germany

Director: Joachim Hasler

Cast: Angelica Domröse, Ulrich Thein, Jiří Vršťala, Bohumil Šmída, Siegfried Weiß, Martin Flörchinger, Willi Schwabe, Ханс Клеринг, Antje Ruge, Arno Wyzniewski

Plot

In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who wanted to avenge the death of her parents. Zwischenzahl, a former SA member, was apparently involved in the deportation of her parents to a concentration camp during the war. Ruth cannot bear the horrible events and the death of her parents and wants to open the eyes of the town′s residents.