
The Story of a Murder
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.
- Year: 1965
- Country: East Germany
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: DEFA
- Keyword: mass murder, jewry, gas chamber
- Director: Joachim Hasler
- Cast: Angelica Domröse, Ulrich Thein, Jiří Vršťala, Martin Flörchinger, Antje Ruge, Willi Schwabe