Under indictment: the Harry Wörz case

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Movie
Original title Under indictment: the Harry Wörz case
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2014
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Till Endemann
script Holger Joos ,
Till Endemann
production Sascha Schwingel
camera Lars Liebold
cut Florian Drechsler
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Under indictment: The Harry Wörz case is a German television film by director Till Endemann on behalf of SWR and ARD Degeto , which deals with one of the most sensational miscarriages of justice in Germany. The film tells the story of Harry Wörz , who was convicted of attempted manslaughter of his ex-wife and then had to fight for thirteen years in multiple trials for his final acquittal in 2010.

The premiere was on January 14, 2014 in a TV studio of the SWR in Stuttgart. The TV premiere took place on January 29, 2014 in the first . Following the film, Anne Will spoke to her guests about legal errors.

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The story begins on April 29, 1997 in Graefenhausen near Pforzheim. The draftsman Harry Wörz meets a large police presence when leaving his apartment and is immediately arrested. He is accused of attacking his separated wife, who is also a police officer, in her apartment and strangling her so badly that she has suffered permanent brain damage due to lack of oxygen and will become a need for care.

Wörz is sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by the Karlsruhe Regional Court for attempted manslaughter. In 1999 he was brought to court for damages in which the lawyer Hubert Gorka represented him. The judge at the competent civil court has doubts about Wörz's guilt and dismisses the claim. Because of this success, Wörz and his lawyer Gorka decide to fight for the sentence to be lifted. Years of litigation begin. Together, the two fight their way through retrial proceedings and revision negotiations up to the Federal Court of Justice .

On October 6, 2005, Wörz was acquitted "for lack of evidence" and the negligent work of the originally investigating authorities was established. Nevertheless, the court lets it be known that it considers Wörz to be the guilty party and overturns the judgment in the appeal. It was not until four years later that the court found unequivocally that he was innocent and should never have been convicted. This judgment is also confirmed in the revision.

In addition to the legal processes, the film also tells about Wörz's relationship with his lawyer Gorka and with old and new friends.

background

The TV film Under Charge: The Harry Wörz Case is a UFA Fiction production on behalf of SWR and ARD Degeto. Most of the shooting took place in Berlin, but some shots were also shot in the vicinity of Graefenhausen near Pforzheim, Harry Wörz's hometown.

The Harry Wörz case not only reveals the weaknesses and strengths of the German judicial system, but also deals with the issues of manipulation and corruption. The police suppressed evidence in the trials and excluded other possible perpetrators from the outset. The film condenses the many processes, negotiations and hearings with montages and collages in order to give more space to the emotional moments of the Harry Wörz case.

literature

  • Patrick Burow: The dictionary of errors of justice . Eichborn Verlag, Cologne 2013, pp. 84ff. ISBN 978-3-8479-0543-1 .
  • Thomas Darnstädt : The judge and his victim. When justice is wrong , Piper Verlag GmbH, Munich 2013, p. 20ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ preview presentation Harry Wörz film on swr.de, accessed on 20 January 2014
  2. ^ Under the indictment: The Harry Wörz case ( memento from January 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on daserste.de, accessed on January 21, 2014
  3. ^ Under the indictment: The Harry Wörz case on ufa-fiction.de, accessed on January 21, 2014
  4. ↑ Shooting of the film Harry Wörz on swr.de, accessed on January 21, 2014
  5. ↑ Press kit "Under Charges: The Harry Wörz Case" First German Television