The Story of a Murder (movie)
Chronik eines Mordes- User score: 6
- Production country: East Germany
- Producer: Joachim Hasler
- Production companies: DEFA
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 2/25/1965
- Run time: 95 min.
Movie description
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.