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Prozess, Der

In over eight years of research, Der Prozess follows the longest criminal proceedings in Germany's legal history - the "Majdanek Trial". In interviews with judges, the accused, victims and eye witnesses, and with the use of documentary footage and reports, the film recounts (in three parts) the legal trials against the workers and perpetrators of the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp from the first day to the pronouncement of the judgment.

Eberhard Fechner was born in 1926 Silesia/Poland and died in 1992 in Hamburg. He studied Acting in Berlin from 1946-1948, followed by numerous theater engagements in Berlin, Hamburg and Milan. In 1954, he began acting in television and cinema productions. In 1965 he became an editing assistant at NDR and was given the opportunity to direct on his own with Selbstbedienung (1967). His other films include: Nachrede auf Klara Heydebreck (documentary, 1969), Tadelloeser & Wolff (1975), Comedian Harmonists (1976), Ein Kapitel fuer sich (1979), Der Prozess (documentary, 1975-1984), and Wolfskinder (1991), among others.
 

Genre History
Category Documentary Cinema
Year of Production 1975
Director Eberhard Fechner
Screenplay Eberhard Fechner
Directors of Photography Frank Arnold, Nils-Peter Mahlau, Bernd Schofeld
Editor Brigitte Kirsche
Producer Dieter Meichsner
Production Company NDR/Hamburg
Length 260 min, 3,076 m
Format 16 mm, color, b&w, 1:1.37
Original Version German
Sound Technology Optical Sound
German Distributor Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum fuer Film und Fernsehen/Berlin

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