Chronik eines Mordes
/
The Story of a Murder
/
Chronik eines Mördes
director:
Joachim Hasler
playwright:
Angel Vagenshtain
actor:
Angelica Domröse
/
Ulrich Thein
/
Jiří Vršťala
/
Bohumil Šmída
/
Siegfried Weiß
…
genre:
Drama
region:
XG
language:
German
length: 1h 35m
release date: 1965-02-25
IMDb: tt0059033
Chronik eines Mordes
Overview
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.