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On Trial is a french film of genre Drama directed by Julien Duvivier with Daniel Gélin

On Trial (1954)

On Trial
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Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating66% 3.336273.336273.336273.336273.33627

L'Affaire Maurizius is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Daniel Gélin, Madeleine Robinson and Anton Walbrook. It was based on a 1928 novel by Jakob Wassermann. Its Italian title is Il caso Mauritius.

Synopsis

Fils du grand procureur Andergast (Charles Vanel), Etzel veut réviser le dossier Maurizius dont la condamnation repose sur des présomptions. Ce dossier a permis à son père, 18 ans auparavant, de se lancer dans une grande carrière, mais Etzel veut en avoir le cœur net.

Actors

Daniel Gélin

(Léonard Maurizius)
Eleonora Rossi Drago

(Anna Jahn)
Madeleine Robinson

(Elisabeth Maurizius)
Anton Walbrook

(Grégoire Waremme)
Charles Vanel

(Wolf Andergast)
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