Chronicle of a Murder

In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who wanted to avenge the death of her parents. Zwischenzahl, a former SA member, was apparently involved in the deportation of her parents to a concentration camp during the war. Ruth cannot bear the horrible events and the death of her parents and wants to open the eyes of the town′s residents.

• Joachim HaslerDirector
• Angel VagenshtainScreenplay
• Gerd NatschinskiOriginal Music Composer

• Angelica DomröseRuth Bodenheim
• Ulrich TheinDr. Martin
• Jiří VršťalaDr. Hoffmann
• Bohumil ŠmídaDr. Schäure
• Siegfried WeißDr. Rotholz
• Martin FlörchingerZwischenzahl
• Willi SchwabeLion
• Hans KleringDirektor
• Antje RugeEsther
• Arno WyzniewskiDavid
• Monika LennartzJohanna
• Stefan LisewskiSteve