Titel.KINO 1/04.RV - german films

Der Prozess
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.
Genre History Category Documentary Cinema Year of
Production 1975-1984 Director Eberhard Fechner
Screenplay Eberhard Fechner Directors of
Photography Frank Arnold, Nils-Peter Mahlau, Bernd
Schofeld Editor Brigitte Kirsche Producer Dieter
Meichsner Production Company Norddeutscher
Rundfunk (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 Filmmuseum Berlin
World Sales:
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Rothenbaumchaussee 132-134 · 20149 Hamburg/Germany
phone +49-40-4 15 60 · fax +49-40-44 76 02
www.ndr.de
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.
kino 1 the 100 most significant german films – no. 64*
2004 33
(*no. 63 Tagebuch einer Verlorenen was already presented within the framework for the former series "German Classics" in KINO 1/1999)
Scene from ”Der Prozess“
(photo courtesy of Filmmuseum Berlin/Deutsche Kinemathek)