Jury court (film)
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German title | Jury court |
Original title | Justice est faite |
Country of production | France |
original language | French |
Publishing year | 1950 |
length | 105 minutes |
Age rating | JMK from 12 |
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Director | André Cayatte |
script |
Charles Spaak André Cayatte |
production | Robert Dorfmann |
music | Raymond Legrand |
camera | Jean Bourgoin |
cut | Christian Gaudin |
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Jury trial is a French judicial and litigation drama directed by André Cayatte, who specializes in legal issues .
action
Versailles 1950. The young doctor Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having committed a homicide to the detriment of her lover Maurice Vaudrémont, who was terminally ill with throat cancer . The evidence actually speaks for their innocence, were it not for a paragraph that forbids euthanasia in any form. There is also another man named Serge Kramer, who soon turns out to be Elsa's second lover. What does he have to do with this, and were Elsa's motives really as noble as she claims to be? The case soon turns out to be tricky when everyone involved believed that the process would start.
Seven jurors are called by the court to find out the truth. There was soon great disagreement among these jurors; Prejudices - Elsa is a foreigner (obviously - this is not completely evident - German, only five years after the end of the war in 1945 a major emotionally stressful problem in France) - and other motives lead to violent arguments behind the closed doors of the courtroom. Soon no one can be sure whether the judgment “In the name of the people” will necessarily be a just and fair one, since too many incalculable factors are involved in reaching the judgment. Even the witnesses are anything but always reliable, and in the end, despite a verdict, Elsa Lundenstein's guilt or innocence is not really unequivocally clarified.
Production notes
The jury was shot from March 10th to July 10th, 1950. The world premiere took place on September 20, 1950. The film opened on September 14, 1951 in Germany. The first German television broadcast took place on July 29, 1958.
useful information
The jury trial was the first part of Cayatte's so-called "Justice Trilogy". It followed in 1952 We Are All Murderers and 1955 The Black Files .
criticism
In Reclams film leader states: "The focus of the film are not the act and the person of the accused, but the seven jurors; The randomness of the judgment becomes clear, which is influenced by upbringing, personal experiences and moods. (...) The greatest part of the success of the film was undoubtedly due to the cleverly constructed script that Cayatte put precisely into the picture. "
Georges Sadoul wrote: “After a series of secondary films, André Cayatte created an important trilogy on legal issues: 'Justice est faite' ( jury court ) shows the psychology and mechanism of a jury. 'Nous sommers tous des Assassins' ( We are all murderers ) is a heavy indictment of the death penalty. 'Avant le Déluge' ( Before the Flood ) deals with the problem of juvenile criminals in the context of war psychosis ... "
Kay Weniger's The Great Personal Lexicon of the Film wrote in Cayatte's biography about his judicial film productions:
“The core of these films was not so much Cayatte's confrontation with the actual crime, but rather the clarification of the background to a verdict among juries ( jury ), presentation of incidents during preliminary judicial investigations and police methods ( the black file ) as well as the examination of the social environment of an offender and the social backgrounds that let him kill ( we are all murderers ). "
In the Lexicon of International Films it says: “The jury's reactions, prejudices and personal attitudes come to the fore in a trial in which a woman is accused of euthanasia. André Cayatte - which is obvious for a former lawyer - followed the court proceedings meticulously. The precise montage technique of his film conveys an extremely critical and thoughtful picture of the negotiation, which is shown in all its contradictions. An artistic experience in all respects. "
Awards
- 1950: Golden Lion of the 11th Venice International Film Festival
- 1951: Golden Bear of the 1st Berlin International Film Festival (together with four other films)
- 1953: New York Film Critics Circle Award ( Best Foreign Language Film )
- 1953: Prize of the Spanish Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (Best Foreign Language Film - France)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Claude Sabria: Cinéma français. Les années 50. Paris 1987, no.495
- ↑ Reclams Filmführer , by Dieter Krusche, collaboration: Jürgen Labenski. P. 323. Stuttgart 1973.
- ^ Georges Sadoul: History of the cinematic art. Vienna 1957, p. 398
- ↑ jury court. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Circuit Court in the Internet Movie Database (English)