On Trial (1954 film)
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Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
Written by | Julien Duvivier |
Produced by | Franco London Films, Jolly Film |
Starring | Daniel Gélin, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Madeleine Robinson |
Cinematography | Robert Lefebvre |
Edited by | Marthe Poncin |
Music by | Pierre Larrieu Georges Van Parys |
Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Franco London Films Jolly Film |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
On Trial (French: L'Affaire Maurizius; Italian: Il caso Mauritius) is a 1954 Franco-Italian crime drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook.[1] It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann.
Synopsis
[edit]Etzel, the son of the great prosecutor Andergast, wants to examine the file for the Maurizius case, eighteen years prior, in which the accused was condemned on the basis of suppositions. This case allowed his father's career to progress rapidly, but Etzel has some doubts.
Cast
[edit]- Daniel Gélin : Léonard Maurizius
- Madeleine Robinson : Elisabeth Maurizius
- Anton Walbrook: Grégoire Waremme
- Charles Vanel : Wolf Andergast
- Eleonora Rossi Drago : Anna Jahn
- Bernard Musson : le greffier
- Jean d'Yd : le président
- Jacques Varennes : le juge d'instruction
- Claude Arlay
- Pierre Asso : Le maître-chanteur
- Paola Borboni : Mme Bobika
- Berthe Bovy : La grand-mère
- Jacques Chabassol : Etzel
- Denis d'Inès : M. Maurizius
- Jane Faber : La gouvernante
- Annie Fargue
- Jim Gérald : Le professeur
- Harry-Max : L'avocat
- Daniel Mendaille
- Pierre Palau : Le conseiller
- Joseph Palau-Fabre
- Sandro Ruffini
- Aldo Silvani
- Claude Sylvain : Mélita
References
[edit]- ^ "L'Affaire Maurizius". cinematheque.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
External links
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Categories:
- 1954 films
- French drama films
- Italian drama films
- 1950s French-language films
- Films directed by Julien Duvivier
- Films based on German novels
- Films about miscarriage of justice
- Films set in Germany
- 1954 drama films
- Italian black-and-white films
- French black-and-white films
- 1950s French films
- 1950s Italian films
- Films scored by Georges Van Parys
- 1950s French film stubs
- 1950s Italian film stubs