The Story of a Murder
MovieTitle | Chronik eines Mordes |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Feb 25, 1965 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Joachim Hasler |
Production country | East Germany |
Production companies | DEFA |
Run time | 95 min. |
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.