The Investigation
Watch TrailerPeter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Die Ermittlung |
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | Germany |
| Genre | Drama, History |
| Director | Rolf Peter Kahl |
| Runtime | 241 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.7/10 (6 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The director constructs the film as a stark document, relying entirely on the text of Peter Weiss's play and the trial transcripts. It explores the nature of testimony and the bureaucracy of evil through a relentless accumulation of graphically described detail, building profound intensity through words alone.
What lingers after the final minute is a necessary, devastating silence. This is not entertainment but an act of witnessing, where the trial continues in the viewer's mind. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Rolf Peter Kahl
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Demands undivided attention. Watch in one sitting, in a silent, contemplative space.
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