Murer - Anatomy of a Trial

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Christian Frosch
  • Austria, Luxembourg 2018
  • 137 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Graz, Austria 1963. The well respected local politician and land owner Franz Murer is on trial. He is accused of having committed war crimes in the ghetto of Vilnius during the years 1941-43. Survivors of the mass murder arrive to testify and see justice done. The Ministry of Justice eventually reaches a decision. It is one of the greatest scandals of the Austrian justice system - and a timeless, shattering example of political calculation.

The film is based on the original documents of the case and weighs the eternal struggle between truth, justice and political interests.


  • Director Christian Frosch
  • Production Viktoria Salcher, Mathias Forberg, Paul Thiltges, Adrien Chef
  • Script Christian Frosch
  • Cinematography Frank Amann
  • Editing Anselme Pau
  • Music Karin Hammer
  • Festivals Munich, Graz/Diagonale (Best Austrian Feature Film)
  • Actors Karl Fischer, Alexander Fennon, Karl Markovics, Roland Jaeger, Melita Jurisic, Mathias Forberg
  • Source Austrian Films, Vienna