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In the Name of the People

Original title: Im Namen des Volkes
Year: 1974
Running time: 128 min.
Country: Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Director: Ottokar Runze
Screenwriter: Ottokar Runze
Cast: Documentary, Self: Gerd Siekmann, Heinz-Dietrich Stark, Hajo Wandschneider
Cinematography: Paul Ellmerer, Michael Epp
Producer: Ottokar Runze
Genre: Documentary | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. Prison Drama
Synopsis: 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.

Awards: 1974: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear

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In the Name of the People

1974

Ottokar Runze